Controlling Quote by Gina Prince-Bythewood

I'm shy to call myself a director still. When someone says, 'What do you do for a living?' I don't know if I've earned…

— Angelina Jolie

You have to be very flexible and understand as a director, especially as a writer/director, that you cannot hang onto stuff really hard. You…

— David M. Evans

To be a director, you have to be especially patient.

— Luciano Vincenzoni

In some instances, I would say the writer does deserve equal billing with the director. In other instances the director - especially if he…

— Mark Romanek

I think that as a director, especially when it comes to writing the script, which I also do, and I'm also the first one…

— Jiang Wen

I am blessed to live and work in [France,] a country where women filmmakers are by and large not unfairly treated. So I wouldn't…

— Anne Fontaine

I want to support other women because of the opportunities I've had - and I've had a lot of opportunities. What I try as…

— Angelina Jolie

It never occurred to me to be a film director, partly because I hadn't seen a single film by a female director, but I…

— Mary Harron

I've always laughed at the term "female director" or even "black director." A director's a director.

— Rami Malek

Why would people have confidence in a female director when there are so few?

— Jennifer Lawrence

I don't really consider myself a female director, and I don't want to do so for other women. Female directors are just directors.

— Alante Kavaite

Women are just more oriented toward feelings - and I don't mean that in a negative way. But with a male actor and a…

— Nick Nolte

I don't want people saying, 'Should we get a female director?' I want to hear, 'Should we get a great director for this movie?'

— Angelina Jolie

In an industry still dominated by men, working with a female director on an episode written by a woman, helmed by a female showrunner,…

— Lela Loren

A male director doesn't come to situations the same way that a female director would.

— Liz W. Garcia