Quote by Thomas Harrison

A lot of directors don't really like actors.

— Joe Wright

All directors make films in individual ways. But the classical kind of view of filmmaking is that you have a script and it's very…

— Paul Greengrass

Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter.

— Tony Gilroy

I think that you can't make a movie without a script. But you also can't make movies without actors. You also can't make movies…

— John Frankenheimer

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

— Todd Solondz

Directors go their whole career without being able to tell personal stories and to work with a cast as talented as they are.

— Christian Bale

I didn't write to become a director, which many people do.

— Richard LaGravenese

Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry.

— Thomas Perry

Not many directors have the courage to make movies that are against conventional, commercial norms.

— Amrita Rao

Writers are first directors. When directing our own scripts, we would have a better vision and clarity than directing the stories penned by others.…

— Anil Ravipudi

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

— Paul Bettany

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

— Alan Cumming