Quotes About Directors

I've done five films directed by women. I did like it. They had qualities, particularly in the romantic tenderness of scenes. I felt sometimes they were a little bit soft, but maybe they were clever to get the guys working the way they wanted them to.

When I make films, I don't think of any other directors or their work in terms of the rhythm of the editing or the tenor of the performances.

I'm all for art-house foreign directors - I think they make terrific films - and I'm also for the bigger budget movies. It just depends on what the character is, the director, the script.

I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.

Organization implies a tendency to oligarchy. In every organization, whether it be a political party, a professional union, or any other association of any kind, the aristocratic tendency manifests itself very clearly. As a result of organization, every party or professional union becomes divided into a minority of directors and a majority of directed.

To safeguard the public interest, the government would become a minority stockholder in the bank and able to vote for directors.

Directors and writers have a lot of stress as well, because they have people they answer to.

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I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.

The directors thought, They understand nothing in the real economy, in real life. They read some stupid books, and they came from the moon to the earth, and maybe in one month they will disappear.

I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors. I've also been looking for the consistency of work that TV provides for you. And, I always thought it would be really interesting to live with a character for months, if not years.

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Sometimes my favorite directors are the ones I literally want to punch in the nose.

Only directors like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who make period films, have songs in their movies that facilitate the inclusion of classical dance forms. No one else is concentrating on making pure classical numbers.

The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.

The key is you don't want to control the controlled stuff too much and you don't want to be too free flowing in uncontrolled situations. That can be a contentious issue with some directors. The joy of my career is I've gotten to work with great directors who get that balance.

Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.

A football club's board of directors' job is to attract and get the best football players and keep them at the football club.

I wish I was making movies back in the days when John Ford made movies and you were a director under contract to a studio. John Ford had years when he made three movies in a year.

A lot of directors, they don't go into the editing room during the shoot. When they come back, they've forgotten what they've shot. That's why their films come out a year after they shoot them.

It's so great to come in and do something where you know how strong the format of the show is and you're working with writers and directors who worked on the original show. It feels like you're going into a well-run ship already. Then it's just a matter of creating these new characters.

I was very fortunate in the '70s to work with the best actors, the best directors, the best cinematographers.

I've been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.

I've worked with a lot of female directors over the course of my career: Martha Coolidge, Catherine Hardwicke, Jodie Foster.