Director Quote by James Franco

I feel one shouldn't turn director unless one is compelled to tell a story.

— Ranvir Shorey

I'm not really a full-time director, I just like to direct the things that I write because I think I'm going to know it…

— Billy Bob Thornton

As a director you want to show the truth of people and sometimes that's unflattering, or it's not something that people want to see.

— Julian Jarrold

As directors, we get very stuck on the stories we want to tell.

— Anna Boden

The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who…

— Roman Coppola

It is up to the directors to take risks in telling a story and if they want to experiment, they should work with the…

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script,…

— Robert Wise

If I really want to do something, I'll go in and do whatever the director feels that he needs me to do.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

As a director, people are trusting you with their lives, with their stories.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

When the director narrates the story, I try to understand how he wants me to do my role and I try to deliver that.

— Rao Ramesh

Some directors can tell stories and it becomes very intimate and small, and it's almost like a secret. Some directors have the gift of…

— Noomi Rapace

It's one of the things I love about my job: it's my job to help a director tell the story, to just be willing…

— Lee Pace