Action Quote by James Gray

The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and to exercise…

— Stanley Kubrick

To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your…

— Jessica Lange

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

What a director does... essentially, it's storytelling, but a director also controls the feeling and the sounds and the texture. It's an act of…

— John Carpenter

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

As a director, what matters is how you penetrate the soul of the person in front of the camera and let the actor blur…

— Luca Guadagnino

It all depends on the directors. Working closely with a director is the main job of a film composer. Interpreting what he perceives as…

— Danny Elfman

As a director, the biggest job is to discern the imperfections in emotional tone and then view it in the global picture of what…

— Robert Stromberg

Part of an actor's job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries…

— David Zayas

I think that what's important as a director is to give your actors the feeling that they're protected, the feeling of confidence, the feeling…

— Michael Haneke

The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone.

— Josh Radnor

To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie.

— Peter Sarsgaard