Arrange Quote by George Cukor

As the director, you have to hold in your head the widest possible vision. Not just the idea and the story, but the conceptual…

— Sally Potter

You can never judge how the film will be taken; you can only make your best effort, and put out what you feel. How…

— Oliver Stone

Over the long haul I'd say that most directors I've worked with have been pretty sensitive to the quality of the interpreted scenes.

— Rod Serling

I wanted to portray very, very dark subject matter and a deceptively complex story in the brightest colours and simplest lines possible to leave…

— Mark Millar

The films I love are very precise, and every shot means something; every shot should convey something new.

— David Lowery

The day you step on the floor the meter is ticking and time is of the essence. You can't really afford to not know…

— Robert Schwentke

A lot of directors understand everything but the story.

— Adrian Pasdar

I'm not interested in the director's commentary stuff. I think that stuff is really boring. And, if the director explains too much, it takes…

— Joseph M. Kahn

Things that matter are a great story, entertainment, how the lead part moves the story forward and who the directors are.

— Tahir Raj Bhasin

My experience is, I do a table reading, and it's literally like it's written in colossal neon lights what's wrong with the screenplay.

— Peter Morgan

As a filmmaker, you have to understand the essence of the book and tell the story you want to see on the screen, and…

— Evangeline Lilly

I don't read scripts. I need the director to narrate it to me. And if the narration is vivid enough for me to 'see'…

— Sanjay Mishra