Ahead Quote by Greta Gerwig

When you are working on a movie, you have to ensure that the journey of characters ends in two hours.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

Three-quarters of directors waste four hours on a shot that requires five minutes of actual directing. I prefer to have five minutes' work for…

— Jean-Luc Godard

I feel that the director's job is special because you're there the whole time while people come and go. You start alone in a…

— Eva Victor

Some directors work from day to day. I work from moment to moment.

— George A. Romero

You've got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw…

— Michael Caine

I think if I were asked to do as many as fifty takes, I would assume the director had no idea what he wanted,…

— Ian Mckellen

Whatever it takes, the job of the director is to be the leader and to get your actors where they need to go. That's…

— Shawn Levy

After I directed for the first time, I wanted to call every director I'd ever worked with and apologize. In television you are tasked…

— Michelle MacLaren

With an inexperienced director, a lot of times the days go on to 14, 15, 16 hours. It goes horrendously overtime. And because of…

— William H. Macy

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

I love the variety of films. In theater, you go into a room and the director runs the room, so you all work to…

— Eddie Redmayne

All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things that come…

— Tom Hanks