Directors Quote by Todd Phillips

I think I'm overrated as a director!

— Dileesh Pothan

The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success…

— Orson Welles

It's entirely to do with personality, I think. There are good directors who talk a lot, bad directors who talk a lot, and good…

— Colin Firth

Great directors turn in mediocre work and first-time directors turn in exceptional work. No matter how good a person can talk about what he…

— Thomas Jane

I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make…

— Tim Roth

I think that the process of making a film is an underrated factor in how that film turns out.

— Daniel Radcliffe

I think that what a lot of people tell you, a lot of the job of the director is having an opinion about everything.

— Etan Cohen

I think people really don't understand what a producer does versus what a director does. I mean, the producer is often the person that…

— Lauren Shuler Donner

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

— Jean-Marc Vallee

A good director is not an expert in anything in particular. A good director just knows a little bit about everything.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is…

— Robert De Niro

All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their…

— Francois Truffaut