Barometer Quote by Gary Oldman

Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.

— Gary Oldman

Sometimes directors feel like they have to justify that hat that they are wearing they've got on as a director, and they come in…

— Gary Oldman

If you have a vision or if you believe the director has a vision, then at least you've got something to talk about, something…

— Kurt Russell

The best compliment for a director is that an audience hates their films.

— Udo Kier

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

When I do a film, I try and see how in tune I am with the director.

— R. Madhavan

As a director, your job can range from having to lean on someone to get a performance out of them, to someone being so…

— Shane Meadows

A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at work and…

— James Franco

A director is the captain of the ship; he gets the vision of the film much before anyone else can. While I want to…

— Koel Mallick

I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

— John Frankenheimer

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script,…

— Robert Wise

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.

— Dustin Hoffman