Cinema Quote by William Wyler

(When asked what a director does) I help.

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

After all these years, I'm starting to learn what a good director does, and I know what a good one does with actors: help…

— Brian Geraghty

Film is mostly a visual medium, and so the director has much more control in terms of painting pictures and painting a performance. For…

— David Lindsay-Abaire

Listen, there are some movies that are set in stone and the writer or the director does not want to change, but I've never…

— Albert Brooks

Composing music for a film, from my point of view, is like getting into the skin of the subject. It is just like how…

— Devi Sri Prasad

If I see that everything the director does is motivated by trying to achieve the best, I can accept anything.

— Jim Sarbh

To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie.

— Peter Sarsgaard

The director does not have anyone to blame but himself. He or she cannot hide behind anybody. If a film is a hit, everyone…

— Pooja Bhatt

I surrender to my directors. I do that because I respect them immensely. In fact, a director's talent scares me. I admit that they're…

— Vijay Sethupathi

When I went to Jamia, I thought I wanted to be a cinematographer or photographer because I liked telling stories in pictures, but my…

— Kiran Rao

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

— Bruno Dumont

To be a great director, what does it mean exactly? It's not only about a great director, but also about being able to rely…

— Isabelle Huppert