Directors Quotes

You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult getting a job than first time guys. New kid on the block kind of thing.

I never aspired to be a television producer and a movie director, and I'm shocked that this idea is still going on.

Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions.

Why would people have confidence in a female director when there are so few?

Whenever I really want a part, I'm not sure what to do. How do I let the director know how obsessed I am and willing to do anything for the movie?

There are directors that I want to work with and that I admire. You can love a script, but if it doesn't have a good director, it won't be that.

I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct.

There are so many great directors that I haven't worked with and that I would love to work with.

There are a lot of male directors who are directing female-driven pieces. I think that its good to get the girl's point of view and they should write stuff that they know.

A lot of times the character's experience is not in accordance with the tone of the movie and it's not really my job to account for the tone of the movie. That's the director's job.

The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it, so when I sat down with my agents after I was ready to go back to work, I told them: It's all about the directors.

I strongly agree that a National Intelligence Director should be established to oversee and coordinate the 15 federal intelligence agencies.

Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.

I guess I probably see myself as a director. If I had to choose, I think that that's the aspect of the process that I'm most excited by.

With RoboCop, I couldn't be happier because it's such a quality director.José Padilha is a young master.

I was meeting a lot of directors and reading scripts, and I was like, "Well, I'd love to play this part," but I couldn't.

I love British female directors lately.

As a filmmaker, it's about surviving and lasting. So many talented people that I've known in my life - directors and writers - just haven't made it and haven't had a chance.

In truth, Edward Teller ran the Livermore Lab, but for public purposes he liked it better to be known as only an associate director

I thought ['Sailcloth'] was a terrific script. Elfar Adalsteins, the director, is bound to be a director we'll hear from, and the whole thing was really enjoyable.

I've done lots of films with first directors, so it's not unusual for me.

I'd say the film to avoid is a director's second film, particularly if his first film was a big success. The second film is where you've really needed to have learned something.

From John Huston to Fred Zinnemann and Richard Fleischer and all those great American directors.

[Alfred] Hitchcock was very interested in the image on the screen.As is any good cinema director. That is the language they speak. It is not literature, it is images on screen.

I'm very director oriented.

When I feel like being a director, I write a novel.

That was okay [ working with George Clooney]. One of these days I'll work with a good director.

It's easier to solve the problem more quickly with directors than with writers.

Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm kind of offered.

Most of the great directors I've worked with - De Palma, Spike Lee - like rehearsals.

I had a whole new respect for directors.

DNI director [James] Clapper said as much many, many times, that there is no evidence that any outcome of the election was changed.

A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it.

If you talk about big trends at Disney, these movies generally are generated by directors or directorial teams pitching ideas to John Lasseter.

Writer-director John Roecker's debut, Live Freaky! Die Freaky! will have you convulsing on the floor ... with nausea, laughter, or both.

No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen.

I've never directed anything before 'Mad Men,' so I don't feel I have any advice for the other directors.

I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up.

I really love the experience of moving things around, in terms of being a director.

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the director. They have a lot of questions, and your job is to have answers.

I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

I think I'm a better director than I ever was an actor. I'd love to go back to acting, but nobody seems to want me.

After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work.

I wish that every director was as interested in doing as much in camera and with physical objects as much as possible as J.J. Abrams is.

Every director is different. And all the movies are very different, and the characters are very different.

When you're a producer or director, there's so much sweat that goes into any given project.

Actors can become very involved in a role, but for a director or producer, that's your life for many years.

I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire.

I love acting, every job is a dream job when you're an actor. I'd like to do eventually more film work and to collaborate with the best actors and directors in film.

I've worked with some incredibly difficult directors but my understanding is that a lot of the best people are driven from a place of being extremely challenging and dark within their way