Casts Quote by Jay Roach

I have been directing and involved in producing and the creating of films for quite a while as well as acting. I always think…

— George Clooney

I think the best work of the director is to listen to what all the technicians around him have to say, but then the…

— Marjane Satrapi

When I'm working as a director, I might have an idea of my own but I'm also trying to get great ideas out of…

— Julie Taymor

It doesn't matter who's directing, or who's doing the movie; there are a ton of things that can go wrong, and they do all…

— Rutger Hauer

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

When you're writing, it's all up to you, and you don't have to make any compromises. And when you're directing, there's this intense pleasure…

— Henry Selick

The techniques of different directors are very different, and people have different ways of expressing ideas in film. I'm happiest when working with a…

— Howard Shore

I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the editing room.…

— Jason Reitman

As a director, your job is to make sure no one for any reason is taken out of the film. Sometimes it's impossible and…

— Cary Fukunaga

You want to give the director what they want, and you don't always know exactly how it goes, so you want to try it…

— Finn Wittrock

There's not one way to direct a film, there are so many different ways to do it. Everything affects the way it turns out…

— Lukas Moodysson

The thing that I think a director has to have in order to make a movie really work, and to certainly make a film…

— George Nolfi