Ahead Quote by Edwin Catmull

As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change what you're…

— Juan Antonio Bayona

As a director, you're open to any kind of criticism.

— Theodore Melfi

Saying no to a project is not easy. I'm always under the impression that I might end up upsetting the director or producer of…

— Brahmanandam

If you are the writer/director especially, no one cares more about the project than you do. You know it in and out. You created…

— Zoe Cassavetes

As a director you want to show the truth of people and sometimes that's unflattering, or it's not something that people want to see.

— Julian Jarrold

I’ve had unsatisfying experiences, but mostly it’s about communication, which is why I make an effort to talk to the director beforehand to make…

— Martin Starr

The thing I absolutely hate is when directors don't know what they want, and then they ask you to do it this way, and…

— Diana Rigg

I find that what doubt does, or fear, is it makes you come up with as many ideas as you possibly can. And on…

— Eddie Redmayne

If the director has clarity of thought and vision, you are bound to just go ahead and do what he wants to do. I…

— Manoj Bajpayee

(Sometimes when) someone's directing for the first time, they're afraid to include everyone - they have to prove they're the director.

— Richard Gere

The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.

— Malcolm McDowell

As a director, you have a thousand things going on in your head, and of course, that's going to be difficult. That's going to…

— Jamie Campbell Bower