Cinema Quote by Sidney Lumet

All my films have turned out well only because of the director's brilliance, not because of me.

— Vijay Sethupathi

Any film that you see is never just the director. If it's a film that you love, it's not so easy to say, "Oh…

— Vin Diesel

Films should involve a director's idiosyncrasies as much as possible I think.

— Rostam Batmanglij

Films with fresh themes and able directors are a pleasure to associate yourself with.

— Priyamani

Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.

— Sydney Pollack

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

— Anonymous

I've been able to make some wonderful films, but sometimes you make films with great passion - great belief - and these films slightly…

— Yash Chopra

Any movie's only as good as the director.

— Woody Harrelson

There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth.

— Jason Mewes

I don't think that anybody really makes films quite like mine. That's maybe true of any filmmaker.

— Errol Morris

There are lots of people that make movies. It's not just the director.

— Paul Bettany

You have to have a great director to make a great movie.

— Thelma Schoonmaker