Cinema Quote by Tom Hooper

Writers, directors often can get too precious with their words.

— Michael Pitt

I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money…

— Catherine Deneuve

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

It's strange - some directors are really talented but they can be so precious when it comes to letting you be a part of…

— Skrillex

The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.

— Malcolm McDowell

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but…

— Lili Taylor

Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature.

— Tom Ford

Financiers don't support their directors to cast properly. They don't have the vision of an artist. They're casting to spreadsheets, and it's making movies…

— Patricia Arquette

The directors are selective in their choice of actors and sometimes, those choices smack of arrogance.

— Rituparna Sengupta

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.

— Shirley Knight

Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come until the premiere and…

— D. W. Griffith

Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works.

— Robert Zemeckis