Business Quote by John Frankenheimer

I make it a point to speak to the directors and tell them why I don't want to do a particular role or film.…

— Atul Kulkarni

One thing I know is that I don't want to be a director for hire, making genre films.

— Paul Mazursky

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the…

— Jodie Foster

When I work, I'm the actor. I'm going to do my job. I'm not going to direct the movie. If I wanted to direct…

— Tom Cruise

Directors tend to kind of let me do what I want to do.

— Ellen Burstyn

I think I understand the line between my job and the director's. I have no interest in directing. Not my movie, not your movie,…

— Melissa Leo

I want to be a part of the best movies that are being made, and to work with the best directors.

— Vaani Kapoor

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you…

— Francis Ford Coppola

I like to work with directors where you feel they make the movies not for the audience, but make them for themselves. They don't…

— Udo Kier

Don't shy away from producing your own film and being in charge of its business end as well.

— Afia Nathaniel

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

As an actor on a film, you have no control over the final product - your job is to make a director's vision come…

— Maya Hawke