Cinema Quote by Todd Haynes

Personally, I don't claim to be a great director. My films are made for children, not intellectuals.

— Priyadarshan

You know as a director what you want, but the film is smarter than you, the film says no, the film says there's something…

— John Cassavetes

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.

— Patrice Leconte

A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.

— Irrfan Khan

Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you…

— Alan Cumming

I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who…

— Robert De Niro

Yet as a director, I don't feel you have to identify with your characters as a requirement to make a movie.

— David Fincher

I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent.

— Peter Boyle

I'm not a movie-based person, in terms of how it affects my career, the industry. I don't care about that. I probably haven't been…

— David Caruso

The thing about movies is if somebody has an idea that works, it's in, and I say that as a screenwriter as well as…

— William Monahan

If a film is being made by an intelligent director, they're going to cast the right guy.

— Tom Sturridge

You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.

— Spike Jonze