Famous Quotes & Sayings

Trey Parker

I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.

Tadanobu Asano

There are lots of actors who insist on speaking the lines themselves, and you hear the same thing from directors and the audience, but I don't think it's worth getting het up about. I think it makes more sense to use someone who speaks that country's language: that's what voice actors are for.

I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.

Alex Cox

I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.

Brian Cox

I'm 100% Celt. In fact, I'm directly related to the progenitor of the high kings of Ireland, Niall of the Nine Hostages.

David Schwimmer

Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.

Adriana Barraza

I was a director and dialogue and acting coach.

Yeah, I knew what direction I was going.

Kevin Harrington

We are going in the direction that we need to be. We're going to score solid points with our distance kids, and if our other kids can fill in and grab some points we're going to be able to score.

We are kind of venturing into uncharted waters for our team in this stage of the development of our program. It's very important for us to be successful down the stretch because this is the direction we're trying to move our program.

William Sadler

It used to annoy and frustrate me to have to come in and audition. I would say to my agents, 'Haven't they seen this film and this film and this film? They know what I look like... They must.' Until I directed an episode of 'Roswell.' And all of a sudden, I realized why that was such an important thing.

Amy Adams

I'm not the kind of actress who asks a lot of questions of my directors unless it's something I really need to know.

Rock helps me communicate directly with the people because rock doesn't lie, and people are fed up with lying politicians.

Casting directors don't necessarily want a more recognizable commercial face. Sometimes, they want a lesser known person.

Taraji P. Henson

With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.

Temple Grandin

I had problems getting my words out. If people spoke directly to me, I understood what they said. But when the grownups got to yakking really fast by themselves, it just sounded like 'oi oi.' I thought grownups had a separate language. I've now figured out I was not hearing the hard consonant sounds.

Brad Pitt

I would say that the directors that I've liked the most are all curious in nature - curious thinkers. They're all big questioners, I would say, first and foremost.

Tahar Rahim

I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.

Tahar Rahim

With 'Eagle of the Ninth,' every shot was extremely planned and organized. The director was like, 'Do this!' And I say, 'How was it?' and he says, 'Good.' It was very odd. I would never know where he was headed, or even if he was shooting me at a close-up or from a distance.

Brian Cashman

We'd like to see what (Phillips) can do, ... That's our initial thought and we think he'd do very well if given the chance. We're not locked into it, but it's a direction we're looking at.

We would leave a few big trees, but our direction was to get those suckers out of there.

We want to communicate to the parents and the general public . . . of the direction we're going.

We don't know if the operational tempo is going to go up, down, or stay the same. We don't know what the number will be or what the direction of the trend will be.

We work directly with landlords to get them in places. Unfortunately, a lot of these people don't have a lot of family. That's what is making this more challenging.

We are moving in the right direction and are willing to keep moving on.

We are miles away from (having) a public that is protected, ... But the wheels are moving in the right direction.

We are making coordination in the direction of having a recess.

Anjelica Huston

I don't see myself ever retiring, unless it's for something that I like better, and so far I like directing a lot but I don't see the necessity to retire from anything unless there's a really great alternative.

There is importance of a Guru in shaping our lives and giving right direction to us.

Otto Preminger

Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.

Wassily Kandinsky

Color is a power which directly influences the soul.

Stunt coordinating is a good training ground for directing because you have exposure to all the departments in film.

The question for me with TV was a question of money. I guess if I had lots, I might have done it. But this isn't a big-money campaign, as far as I'm concerned. I've limited myself to direct mail and newspaper ads.