Cinema Quote by Ti West

If the movie's not communicating, it's not working.

— Judd Apatow

When a relationship with a director is really working, you have the same idea at the same time. You go, 'Look, this isn't working,'…

— Felicity Jones

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working…

— Jessica Lange

As a director you have to - you don't have the option of saying, "I'm not watching this."

— Natalie Portman

It helps, if you've directed, to be able to write a script that is director-friendly. You're really telling them [directors], "This is how it…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.

— Christopher Atkins

The director can't do your job for you. He can't get in front of the camera and perform your part.

— Everett McGill

Sometimes directors may not give you words, you know? They may not talk at all! You've just got to use your radar to figure…

— Faith Prince

I see what's behind everything the director wants to do.

— Jordi Molla

What a director should be doing is making it appear as though there was no script.

— John Hughes

As a director you want to show the truth of people and sometimes that's unflattering, or it's not something that people want to see.

— Julian Jarrold

My directing is really weird. Everything is based on whether it's working or not. I don't try to fix something if it's not working,…

— Joe Swanberg