Cinema Quote by Ken Adam

I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

— John Frankenheimer

Kubrick was one of those directors who actually did practically everything in his movies. He actually directed, photographed, wrote, lit, edited - everything. A…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

Unless you're the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don't have a lot of control.

— Bret Easton Ellis

I think when you make a movie, one of your main focuses as a director is to inspire everyone else to give their best.…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

— John Milius

'Control' had to do with my own life a lot, and that's why that seemed to be a film I could be the director…

— Anton Corbijn

Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, theres a lot of eye-rolling...…

— Christine Vachon

In film work, you do the best you can under the given circumstances, but you don't have control. At least, I don't.

— Michael Schoeffling

I think every actor wants a certain amount of control. Maybe not control, as such, but just to be part of the process. But…

— Aidan Turner

All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not…

— Stellan Skarsgard

The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

— D. B. Sweeney

As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control…

— Ebon Moss-Bachrach