Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ricky Gervais

I see myself much more as a writer/director or at least an aspiring writer/director - not necessarily in film.

Kevin McDonald

He sort of gets comic moments. Not a lot of directors do.

Diane Paulus

As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.

Mike Bryan

The Tour just doesn't seem to give (doubles) enough respect because tournament directors are trying to save money. But we're just going to keep fighting.

Douglas Sirk

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

Ray Walston

I have worked with some very great directors.

Stephen Chow

I like working as a director most.

Mike White

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

King Vidor

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

Isabella Rossellini

My father's films are often very slow for the modern audiences, which are used to a lot of editing. It's the audience that watches the film instead of the director dictating the reaction he wants from you.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

I feel that I don't have to wait around for good scripts anymore, that I can get things moving more quickly. I can ring up directors I like and say I'm keen to work with them, which is pretty great.

Gaspard Ulliel

I'm always very interested in going and discovering a young director's films.

B. J. Novak

I'm a believer in trusting the director.

I was told by the (VIS state tournament) director that if we don't win a game in the (VIC) tournament, we're not going. Every team we've lost to has been ranked.

Colin Trevorrow

'Jurassic Park' is like 'Star Wars.' Different directors can give a different taste to each movie.

We have talented actors, but we do need directors and producers.

Bryan Cranston

If you have a screaming angry director, everyone else will be panicked as well.

Bryan Cranston

As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are.

Frank Ocean

I like the anonymity that directors can have about their films.

Christine Vachon

In film producing, there is an inherent tension between the director, the money and the producer, and that's what keeps it flowing and honest and accountable.

Hal Holbrook

I don't have a director. The audience directs me.

Jeff Wall

I guess you could say I'm like a film director but my movies have only one frame.

Iain Glen

I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.

Harold Prince

I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.

Griffin Dunne

Every time I act in something, I learn something about what the director is doing. One feeds the other.

James Cromwell

I prefer to have playback, but sometimes, you can't have that under most circumstances. First, it is expensive because you need a playback operator and secondly, it threatens a lot of directors. I only watch my performance. I see what is necessary for me so that I can see it right at the moment and I can fix it. That appeals to me a great deal.

Jackie Cooper

I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.

Jackie Chan

Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.

Jackie Chan

Every time I make an American film I just trust the American director and American writer. Myself, I would never make this kind of film. For me, those kinds of films are ridiculous. They don't make sense.

Jeanne Moreau

I know there were things emanating from me. I was not aware of what attracted all these directors to me.

Jeanne Moreau

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

Jeremy Piven

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

Gus Van Sant

If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all.