Quotes About Director

I've worked with Robert Altman a couple of times too.

My family is involved in the arts; my auntie is a director back in Australia, so that was my 'in' into the industry. It is a really hard industry to crack. The best way is to start putting yourself out there.

After college, I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director.

Sharan is a very talented director, well versed with his craft.

You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to the director who creates the character.

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

You are not an active creator of the film.

I've worked on shows where the lead actor doesn't know their lines, doesn't care, and it affects everybody - the crew, the director, the other actors. It's definitely a responsibility.

As a director you're always so busy - you're go, go, go, you're always moving, moving, moving - so I'm not actually privy to all the weird stuff that's happening around me, but for a lot of the cast and crew, that's what I hear stories from them about weird stuff happening.

Alex Zamm is probably the most talented director I've ever worked with. He is so good at working with actors and crew and setting up his shots.

Actors and actresses have done a lot of films with their legs, with their arms, with the whole crew and the camera. Why shouldn't they be as good as a first-assistant director who has made three or four films? They've done it with their body!

I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.

I've realized my best and worst critic is my director.

As a director, you're open to any kind of criticism.

As an actor, you've got to have faith in the director's vision, that the director has a vision for this that is greater than the critics say.

There was one director who crossed the line. I scolded him so much that he later never tried anything.

'Dus' was different from 'Tum Bin,' and 'Ra.One' from 'Dus,' but the difference didn't pop out as much as 'Mulk.' That was because it was an issue-based film and crossed the line as being a serious, hard-hitting movie.

The director needs to be in command on set because everything crumbles if that's not the case.

Aamir once went behind a rock to cry because his director didn't listen to what he was saying.

You know, what is so curious about being a director is that you never get on anybody else's set and see how they do things.

Since I was a child, I've liked telling stories. Maybe because my father's a director, I grew up loving stories. I'm not good at spinning them at a dinner table because I do go on a bit, but I love writing them, and directing is just a way of editing the story.

If a movie doesn't even have financing yet, they'll do a table read for it at a casting director's office with actors, for the producer and the writer, just to hear if the movie is working.

Every time I go in front of the camera, I have this fear of 'Oh my God, how am I going to tackle this? The director is going to say 'action' and I'm going to just keep standing there; I won't know what to do.' That's a constant fear I have as an actor.

When you have a good director, everything is taken care of.