Actors Quote by Mary Ellen Mark

The way I work is I like to immerse myself in the world of the film and in the character's lives, and then from…

— Garth Davis

I have only recently got interested in film, and it is a strange way of working in many ways. But actually, when it is…

— Dan Stevens

The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the…

— Mike Nichols

You never really know what the director has got in his mind as far as the scene visually and art direction wise, etc. Even…

— Guy Pearce

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision,…

— Donnie Yen

When you think about being a director, you think about writing stories, putting the camera in interesting places and directing the actors to get…

— Cary Fukunaga

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

The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of…

— Felicity Jones

I like to be able to understand the feeling of the director, that a film corresponds to something in his life. Otherwise, it doesn't…

— Louis Garrel

I think so much of a director's job is just to convince you that what you're doing is worthwhile. "Yes, this does mean something,…

— Robert Pattinson

The only way I know as a director is to figure out what the film is about. And out of the theme and the…

— Darren Aronofsky

A filmmaker has to have great vision in order to tell a compelling story that is both distinctive and stylistic. I remember playing all…

— Nicholas Ozeki