Beginning Quote by Javier Camara

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

A director should be in a position where he is only directing. On the sets, he is only looking at the performances, thinking 'How…

— Rajkumar Hirani

In films, you have to follow the director's vision. Filmmaking is a director's medium. So everything happens as per the script and his vision.

— Amit Trivedi

When you make a movie, you do it so piecemeal. You're doing it, not only scene by scene, out of order, but shot by…

— Jason Reitman

Sometimes, directors are afraid to stop shooting, because the second you stop and say, "We got it," and move on, you'll never get another…

— William H. Macy

A good director is very well prepared, and knows exactly how he's going to cut the film, so the shooting is as efficient as…

— William H. Macy

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

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

And as a director, you constantly try to solve problems, so you have to focus on that. You take away all the other parts.…

— Rodrigo Cortes

As a second unit director, you're entrusted to shoot the action sequences. On every movie, it's slightly different.

— David Leitch

It's a lot of power to give the director to edit his own stuff. It's also a time thing: you don't want to have…

— Joe Dante

An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do…

— Carol Kane