Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ray Harryhausen

I always worked with the writer, and the producer, and sometimes the director wouldn't come in until the picture was ready to go. It's not a director's picture as you imagine in the European sense of the word. It has to be laid out -- otherwise we couldn't make them for the price we did. I was responsible for laying out the special effects and making the picture practical.

Allison Mack

I always want to be telling stories in whatever fashion I can, and directing is really just understanding and learning a different element of that storytelling process.

David Schneider

Certainly, I think it's a step in the right direction and I'm glad to see it,

Trevor Hoffman

But there's been no dialogue. With the new direction they've thought about going, I don't know if I'm in their plans. I don't know what they're waiting for.

But finally they have and they are moving in the right direction by raising the interest rate. Inflation is relatively high and therefore the higher interest rate will help to stabilize the currency.

History records the successes of men with objectives and a sense of direction. Oblivion is the position of small men overwhelmed by obstacles.

Hopefully we'll be able to get him released directly into a (drug) treatment program.

There are several parents who feel that it is time their students become part of the mainstream and go directly to Gene Witt Elementary. And there are a few that still feel they should remain in a small environment.

There is a new president every two years and the president has a lot to do with the direction of the organization.

There aren't a lot of direct synergies here. But there are a lot of indirect synergies.

It (Iraq) is cooperating with all initiatives in this direction provided there is no encroachment on Iraq's sovereignty and security,

Cliff Lee

It is about doing skills, but it also really about teamwork, following directions and so forth.

I think the potential to squeeze the market is very, very real, regardless of whether it comes from direct bidding or elsewhere.

Tim Wakefield

I think with Jason as our captain, he can lead us in the right direction.

Carl Pope

I think the direction they've said is a positive direction. The question is, 'Are they are going to go there strongly enough?

Julia Garner

I think that the most important thing for me is, how is the character that I would be reading for? Is it interesting? Is there stuff to do? Are there things that you can do with the character? How can you play it out? Just those kinds of things that are very important for an actor. Also, a good director and good dialogue.

Kate Warne

I think that the market is in a wait-and-see mood to see whether there is any direction in Friday's reports.

Matt Hasselbeck

It is good to know that he is heading in the right direction, and we can focus on what we need to focus on.

Our specious present as such is very short. We do, however, experience passing events; part of the process of the passage of events is directly there in our experience, including some of the past and some of the future.

Stephen Chbosky

'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it, starting with Spike Lee in the summer of 2001. I wrote a draft for Spike and he was really good to me.

Aaron Johnson

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

Dan Gilroy

I reached a point where I'd watched enough directors do the job that I felt I understood it. And it's not that I'm a slow learner and it took me this long; I also was enjoying writing, and I still enjoy writing - I get tremendous satisfaction out of the writing end of it.

Myles Munroe

So what do you desire to do? What do you really want to do as a person? You need to stop and document that; write it down; make a plan; and then God says, 'I'll direct your steps.'

Kelly Jones

Whether I'm telling stories in songs or if directing is the next step, being a storyteller is what I like doing.

Colin Trevorrow

I was joking with my mom that all Jewish mothers now will want their kids to be filmmakers instead of doctors. Because you can make one film, and suddenly you're directing a 'Jurassic Park' movie.

Dave Bautista

Know your lines; otherwise, have an open mind because you want to get lost in the moment. When you have talented actors and directors to work with, then it's pretty easy to do.

Albert Brooks

I never wanted to be a director.

Conrad Hall

There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.

Matt Damon

The fact that Terry was directing the movie sold it to me,

Khaled Hosseini

The difficulty of writing a second novel is directly proportional to how successful the first novel was, it seems.

Douglas Sirk

A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.

Donald Sutherland

I was so disappointed [with movie Forsaken], but maybe I hadn't talked enough with the director. I don't know. But, Kiefer worked it out. Kiefer took it and re-edited it. I don't know whether he talks about that. He's probably more discreet than I am because Jon is a friend of his. Now, it fulfills what I was hoping for, and what we were working on and doing.

Donald Pleasence

Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach.