Audience Quote by Fede Alvarez

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

The real trick for me as a director is to make sure that people don't start pushing because the harder you push as a…

— Ivan Reitman

Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.

— Fanny Brice

There's some things that you're passionate about as a director. You just know it has to be a certain way. The challenge is resolving…

— Ricky Schroder

So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting people who…

— Lynn Shelton

The only thing that I can contribute as director is to work with the performers in a way that brings out the drama.

— Sam Wanamaker

Directing is a lot of fun, but you have to be on your toes every minute. If you zone out for even a second,…

— Misha Collins

Going into live action, the perception I had was that to be a director, you had to be loud, you had be physically fit,…

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson

As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

— Kevin Spacey

You - as a director, you have to do your job, you have to show things, and you don't have to ask the actors…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.

— William H. Macy

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