Actors Quote by Gary Oldman

I'm gonna direct, like, a real movie. At least an hour and some change.

— Damon Dash

I found that with Rooney, her instincts in films was always to underplay and to sort of reduce down what was necessary to bring…

— Todd Haynes

Let's say [Warren Beatty] wants you to speak louder in a scene. He won't stop playing the role and say to you as a…

— Alden Ehrenreich

Growing up on set, the director is the person that, as a child, you admire and gives you validation.

— Shiri Appleby

You can only have one voice on set, and that has to be the director.

— J. Michael Straczynski

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

— Kathryn Bigelow

When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone - reinforce…

— Bryan Cranston

This is the fourth movie that I've done with this set of director-writers and I've learned to trust them at this point, because actually…

— Mark Mothersbaugh

I think the grandfather of the set is the director. He needs to have authority, to do what people want. A warm grandfather; he…

— Jacqueline Bisset

Everybody that's on a set - from the director to the grips to the electricians - it's all about problem solving. So, as empowered…

— John Cabrera

When I on set as a director I crazy. My temper is not that good.

— Andrew Lau

Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, theres a lot of eye-rolling...…

— Christine Vachon