Children Quote by Henry Mancini

You have to write a good score that you feel good about. At least, you're supposed to. But, if the director hates it, it…

— Danny Elfman

It's just that the nature of being a director is being incredibly overwhelmed with getting the shots right, dealing with the locations, and then…

— Jay Duplass

Sometimes people come in as a director, and they just want the result, and they barely want that to tell you the truth. Sometimes…

— Viola Davis

I think when you pay attention to the shots, you're aware of the fact that there's a director. Really, it's the director's job to…

— Jason Reitman

Regarding the responsibility that a director has to society, first of all, there are ratings. There's freedom to make films, and freedom to watch…

— Takashi Miike

Directors are like generals, political dictators, aggressive people...And everyone in the film is always grateful if you can tell them what to do.

— Abraham Polonsky

A lot of directors, they don't go into the editing room during the shoot. When they come back, they've forgotten what they've shot. That's…

— Til Schweiger

It's whether they have a vision and whether they're able to communicate it. The best director is just someone who gets over-excited about doing…

— Colin Firth

In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time the directors…

— Peter Mullan

I find it kind of weird that directors want to put themselves in their films.

— Andrea Arnold

There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.

— Christopher Atkins

I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering…

— Spike Jonze