Cinema Quote by William Wyler Download Open image “Everything a director does must help the story and the performances. Otherwise, it is useless.” — William Wyler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cinema Director Help Must Story Useless
I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script,… — Robert Wise Copy Share Image
How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie. — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful… — Grant Heslov Copy Share Image
To me, the director is the most important, rather than the story. — Ludivine Sagnier Copy Share Image
The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
That can be undersold, I think, the importance when you're trying to do something good is that everybody understands the director's vision, everybody believes… — Suzanne Todd Copy Share Image
Theatre is really difficult, so it's important that you have a director that kind of understands that and is really hands on. — Jimmi Simpson Copy Share Image
I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film. — Ram Charan Copy Share Image
The director needs to have a vision and clarity in his mind. It's not enough to know the story, he or she should have… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
For me, it's important that a movie is the congregate of all art forms, from writing to art composition to music to performing. Trying… — Mick Garris Copy Share Image
Pictures that will live on for years, like 'The Birth of a Nation' and 'Gone With the Wind,' had great historical events in the… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
When beautiful movie stars allow themselves to look terrible, people think they're really acting. — William Wyler Copy Share Image
The trouble with Hollywood is that too many of the top people responsible for pictures are too comfortable and don't give a damn about… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
If anybody doubts my loyalty to my country, I'll punch him in the nose, and I don't care how old he is. — William Wyler Copy Share Image
I'm accused constantly of having 'no signature.' That's the big artistic demerit. You can't tell a Wyler film from another man's film just by… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
If we must have the Production Code, then I think the only way to use it effectively is to judge a film as a… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
The war was an escape to reality... The only thing that mattered were human relationships; not money, not position, not even family... Only relationships… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
[Making movies is] 80% script and 20% getting great actors. There's nothing else to it. — William Wyler Copy Share Image
I'm delighted that 'The Sound of Music' is doing so well. Of course, it's an infallible piece of material. Even when second- and third-rate… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write a film with my friend. I'd love to get the thrill of speaking actors making my work even funnier. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
To an ever greater extent out experience is governed by pictures, pictures in newspapers and magazines, on television and in the cinema. Next to… — Douglas Crimp Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong.… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
I even see the cinema itself as a woman, with its alternation of light and darkness, of appearing and disappearing images — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image