Cinema Quote by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

And I think being a good director is being able to be completely tyrannical and you?ve got to be an absolute dictator while at…

— Bob Balaban

There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create…

— Tamzin Merchant

You work with great directors and terrible directors, and so you learn; you take what you think will work for you.

— Grant Heslov

When you have a good director, everything is taken care of.

— Manisha Koirala

When you're a director, you really live whatever you do.

— John Lasseter

I've worked with some very good directors and some very bad ones. I learned a great deal from both. From the bad, untalented people,…

— Tommy Lee Jones

I try to find the right director who won't compromise his or anyone else's integrity, and yet be political enough to give the studio…

— Mickey Rourke

I think that in order to be a film director, one has to be a warrior who shouldn't be defeated by the daily onslaught…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

To be a film director is not a democracy, it's really a tyranny. You're the head of the project, for better rather than worse.…

— Woody Allen

You never know as a director what other directors do. Because you don't get to see what they do.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I've worked with a lot of directors who really don't have a sense of what the hell they want.

— Adrienne Shelly

I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is…

— Robert De Niro