Direction Quote by Greta Gerwig

I liked Truffaut a lot, I've felt a lot of admiration for his way to address the audience, and his storytelling… La nuit américaine…

— Ingmar Bergman

I've always felt that, although Truffaut was greatly revered and admired, at the same time, in terms of film and how much he loved…

— Nicolas Roeg

Some of my best experiences are with writer/directors. Guy Ritchie is one. I feel they have a clearer view of what they want to…

— Jason Statham

If you think back to the great French directors it's difficult to think of British film-makers who are comparable.

— Ken Loach

I think a good director can embrace any genre and it's the kind of thing where you always want to do something different. You…

— David Ayer

I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and, most of…

— John Ford

I've liked all the directors I've worked with a lot. And the ones I like best are the ones that have really good taste…

— Ellen Burstyn

Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films.

— Jacques Rivette

All of the directors I've worked with I have loved and would work with again. I have no favorites.

— Judd Nelson

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

— Lorenzo di Bonaventura

I like French films, Chabrol in particular. With him, you often get a skewed morality in which you sympathise with the person you shouldn't.

— Ronald Frame

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.

— Catherine Deneuve