Quotes About Director

The majority of people know me as a dancer, but they don't also know that I'm a director, a songwriter and a producer.

With acting I am being led by the script, other actors, the director, etc. But with songwriting I feel it is much more self reliant and allows me to be in the creative experience without being as dependent on others.

My first motion capture game was with Sony - 'NBA: The Life.' It was very ahead of its time. Brandon Akiaten, he was the writer and director. He had a real vision of what this game was meant to be; it was a basketball game where I was the Jerry Maguire sports agent type guy. And it was great!

But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.

It's not about the script: it's about who the director is and who the other people in the cast are. Because you can look at a great script and execute it in a very sophomoric way, and you can look at an OK script, and you can execute it in a very sophisticated way and come out with something really good.

At the time we did 'Night,' I was a director of television commercials. Some of them cost a lot more than our whole movie. They were very slick, sophisticated... we wanted the opposite look for 'Night.' We wanted it to look like a newsreel.

'Son Chiriya' is a special film with lovely co-stars and a sorted out director.

Despite being such a brilliant director, Hansal Mehta is a simple and down to earth man. He is very sorted and driven by passion. So that's a rare combination - being a good craftsman and a good human being.

I have the soul of a director.

Every director, when they make a film, their souls speak. The kind of stories they choose to make, it shows their souls.

You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy.

I'd say that the director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell in 'In the Soup'. It was one of my earliest leading roles, and he gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.

Censorship should never go. But we can always give a little more space to the director.

The film is a direct mirror of the director. If your director doesn't know how to dress, there will be an aesthetic of the film that won't come through - whether it's in the costumes if he doesn't know exactly what he wants or the look of the film.

You first do the assembly cut, which is basically the cut that mirrors the script. You've got to start with that.

You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take.

I don't care how big a director is; if I hear that he's miserable to work with, I'm not going to do it. I'm not gonna be in misery for two months because it's a good career move.

I think I'm a director that is very easily misunderstood.

I have mixed feelings over the dismissal of James Comey as FBI director. We served together at the Department of Justice and I've known him for many years.

If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire 'best director' category would be comprised of models. To me, that is just the most ludicrous connection that you could make.

My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.

Mogul' will be a real inspiration to a lot of individuals. My mom had a series of meetings with the director to share certain things.

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

Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied.