Famous Quotes & Sayings

Miranda Otto

Every director is completely different.

Michael Caine

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

Noah Baumbach

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

Mike White

As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.

Neil Jordan

But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as a director is to not put yourself into situations where it can get outside of your control. And that's what happened.

King Vidor

The director is the channel through which a motion picture reaches the screen.

Todd Solondz

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

Skrillex

It's strange - some directors are really talented but they can be so precious when it comes to letting you be a part of it.

Skeet Ulrich

Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with.

Mel Smith

But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director.

I feel like any success I have this year is directly from him.

Damien Chazelle

I feel like a lot of directing is casting.

I don't worry about what everyone wants to see. I make movies that please a writer, director and myself. I always think there are enough people smart as me and sensitive as me.

He's not directly implicated. Let the results of the retrial come.

He's got a great head on his shoulders, he doesn't need direction from us.

how important it is that this organization be directed in the proper manner for the future, and I really appreciated his advice.

Shane Black

I could direct it and steer it, but I just wanted to see what comes of that.

Emma Stone

I love improv. 'Crazy, Stupid, Love,' the script was really great, but the directors were open to letting you try different things. And that felt like a muscle I hadn't exercised in a really long time.

Initially, you don't need five lanes in each direction.

I'm interested in having people who have no direct interest in the bidding process to provide independent, objective information to the committee.

Gary Ross

I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.

James Gray

I know this sounds phony, but I don't start out on a project going, 'I'm going to make an emotional work,' you know what I mean? You try to tell the story directly and honestly and with passion.

Mark Ruffalo

I knew playwrights and stage directors before I ever knew filmmakers,

I'll be going on in another direction God has for me.

Bruce Campbell

I'm as happy as any director who's tormented by everything they had to change,

Jeremy Grantham

If there's unemployment, having the government help reduce that unemployment, increase employment directly is a pretty good idea. It's not driving out competition; it's not crowding out.

I personally enjoy it because I've spent my life in the library. I was the director at the library at Marshall University for 10 years, and I've always enjoyed reading.

If the US really wants to see progress, it must be prepared at the highest level of government to do this kind of work directly with the parties. And so far they had not done that.

I fully expect to see more directed at the living room cabinet.

Romola Garai

If you are a 19-year-old woman, there are very specific things that directors and the people in positions of power in the industry - who tend to be older men - are going to want you to be and do. They are not going to want some chatty, difficult, slightly spoilt girl.

Dave Stewart

If you're going to get a direct deposit, think about this -- you might not need that loan. Think about your financial circumstances. If you do direct deposit, you can get that refund in as little as two weeks.

If you look at the Pombo bill, it actually goes in a different direction in each of these areas.

Rohit Shetty

If you know where you stand, and your minus and plus points as a director or as a human being, you will never go wrong. You will always be successful.