Quotes About Director

McQueen is an astonishing film maker. He uses really unusual shots and builds incredible dramatic tension.

That is always really fun when you get to work with a director you understand and uses references you can identify with.

I didn't act in college, per se, because I didn't want an acting degree. I don't know what you do with that degree. When I was 16, I saw 'Usual Suspects,' and I wanted to be a director as well. So I thought I should go to school for directing and producing, something I knew nothing about.

Realistic non-commercial films offer you a lot more liberty as a director than a usual film.

As a director, I really have to rely on my first impression because I utilize that to best tell the story - that's all the audience has. I let the scripts be my Bible.

Every little opportunity and chance that I get to be on a set, to be a director, to utilize the skill sets that I already have and to learn what I don't know, and to see how I can improve upon that is just a really great opportunity for me.

A director must push his actors to the utmost limit to get everything possible out of each scene - without being corny or sentimental or going overboard.

When my stepmother had my sister, Katharine Hepburn dropped by to say hello. She came with George Cukor, who wasn't a star, but he was a famous director. He was also my grandmother's best friend, so I knew him well as a kid. But when George showed up with Katharine Hepburn, I was utterly star struck.

Growing up on set, the director is the person that, as a child, you admire and gives you validation.

My rule of thumb is to always do what's on the page first. Then you can talk to your director about playing with it. Improv frees me up in a character, but I would be mortified if the writers who agonized over their words assumed I thought my improv was more valuable.

I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.

Jason always wanted to the director and since he had the athletic background, the coaching background, the willingness to learn, Jason Gesser thought of growing his business and this helped him a lot towards his business. His programs has been the top most in the country and many people have benefited because of them.

You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.

Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work.

If the guy behind the camera is not good, the pictures are bad. It's still you, and it's the same lines and everything, but it doesn't work.

If you ever get the opportunity to work with Quentin Tarantino, you had better believe that it will be an experience of extremes.

One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again.

As a filmmaker, you are going to manipulate the character as you need to make the scenes work.

Any time someone says you have an opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese you jump at the chance.

I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand.

John Ford was so funny that I couldn't wait to go to work in the morning.

It was nice to be reminded of how much hard work goes into movies, and how as a director, it's your job to acknowledge and channel that hard work. She's amazing at that.

My passion is becoming involved in good work, whether that means as an actor or writer or director or producer or all - that is not as important to me.

The work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script.