Director Quote by Mike Patton

But, it takes some of the characters to some very dark places, and they start doing things that they might not do, if they…

— Kyra Zagorsky

As the director, you have to hold in your head the widest possible vision. Not just the idea and the story, but the conceptual…

— Sally Potter

The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea that with a few suggestions, each reader forms in…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

Choosing location is integral to the film: in essence, another character.

— Ridley Scott

I feel that the director's job is special because you're there the whole time while people come and go. You start alone in a…

— Eva Victor

Whenever you write script without a director, you put in things that point toward a style in which the story will be told, a…

— Dustin Lance Black

My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express…

— Saul Bass

If there's a criteria that really gets me interested in a work besides any type of personal interaction with the theme, it's if I…

— Edward Norton

It's very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do or should…

— Kevin Hart

The truth of the matter is this - I never look for films specifically, because ultimately if the fundamentals of the character and the…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I've never had to search for themes. My films just come naturally out of my interest.

— James Ivory

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what…

— Dennis Farina