Both Quote by George Cukor

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

— John Frankenheimer

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.

— Alan Parker

Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.

— Sydney Pollack

My taste in the films I've taken as an actor is similar to what I'd do a director or writer: all quite odd, challenging…

— Daniel Radcliffe

To me, directing movies is just that. It's a need to question myself and set the things that disturb me on the table.

— Diego Luna

I don't watch many films. I just make sure my directors are really good. I will work even with a debut director, but the…

— Suriya

I like to work with directors where you feel they make the movies not for the audience, but make them for themselves. They don't…

— Udo Kier

Our job as directors is to entertain an audience, it's not just to do it for the director. You might as well sit in…

— Frank Oz

I think it's very boring for a director to always do the same kind of movies.

— Guillaume Canet

Anyone who's worked on a film would want their work to be watched and appreciated.

— Diana Penty

I don't believe in expertise. I don't believe that a film critic feels a film more deeply than any person who walks into a…

— Rostam Batmanglij

I'm drawn to a lot of first-time directors. One of the great common denominators in these small independent films is that there's a person,…

— William H. Macy