Quotes About Creativity

I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.

I thought I'd make a really great director because I'm an actor. Like, I thought I could really direct actors.

You have to have a great director to make a great movie.

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

Every director is completely different.

I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched.

For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

There are no bad actors. There are only bad directors who cannot make their actors act.

I find it kind of weird that directors want to put themselves in their films.

Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.

Zhang Yimou is one of the best directors on mainland China.

I decide intuitively what I want to do. When directors like Imtiaz Ali, Ayan Mukerji, Anurag Basu and Anurag Kashyap, who have stories to tell, come to me, why would I not be a part of it?

There are some moments where you're so depressed, you cannot see the way, and you're like, 'Whatever. Bite me.' I think all directors feel that way sometimes.

I've worked with a lot of great directors.

I have worked with some great directors.

I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors.

I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

I get crushes on directors because they are so brilliant.

I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the best films, so who's to say who is right.

I have worked with some very great directors.