Being Quote by Tom Sturridge

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

— Paul Bettany

If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director.

— Maggie Smith

No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

— Tommy Lee Jones

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

A director should cast a person who fits into their script.

— Christina Ricci

Any great director is also someone who is incredibly intelligent about whom they hire around them.

— Ryan Reynolds

A film maker is a very intelligent man. Do not underestimate him.

— Dev Anand

First, you have to be intelligent. I have never met a successful director who isn't intelligent. A director who is not intelligent might have…

— Roger Corman

Even if I loved the script, the director has to be right because it's all about the filmmaker. It's their vision. They're the ones…

— Cameron Diaz

Therefore, when you see the end result, it's difficult to see who's the director, me or them. Ultimately, everything belongs to the actors -…

— Abbas Kiarostami

The best directors I've worked with, they all have the same thing in common. They're the first to say, 'I don't know.' If you…

— Ryan Reynolds

If you see, as I do, in edited film, you're going to end up as a director.

— William Monahan