Quotes About Director

I want to make my kind of films but make them work commercially, too. When my presentation meets the director's imagination, the result will be great.

Every movie you attack has its challenges, and I was excited about the challenges presented by 'Deadpool.' I was a huge fan of the original, and I think, as a director, you have to put the script first.

With the selection of Acting Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy as the director, President Obama has guaranteed that the agency will continue to lurch from one shocking security failure to another.

Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me.

The script was focused on how Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi turned into the Mahatma. There was no room for many others who mattered in the making of India. There was no space for Subhas Chandra Bose or Rajaji that an Indian director might have been pressured to include. This process of elimination was necessary.

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.

I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.

As the director, to have the opportunity to work with actors of the calibre of David Oyelewo is just fantastic and special.

It's a terrible mistake when it gets to be a contest of egos. The actor is always going to win. If a director gets into a control situation and is overbearing, it's deadly.

Fritz Lang was one of my dearest, dearest friends. I loved working with him.

I didn't have to do much to get a role in 'Lootera.' I got my debut screen space in Bollywood after director Vikramaditya Motwane saw me in one of my serials.

They have accepted me as a big debut Bollywood director. So, I should write something brilliant.

Director Kabir Khan had read the script of 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' and is responsible for roping in Salman Khan for this film - a movie that will also mark as Salman's debut production.

My feeling about the movies is that most of them are terrible. If you don't have a decent script and a decent director, forget it.

I always enjoy working with Aparna Sen. She is a dedicated and talented actress, writer, director.

With respect to keeping your sanity, the more you are dedicated to your job, the more you think about it. And there is so much to think about for the director.

I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous.

A successful film begins by choosing a director whose creative vision will define the choices made by everyone involved in the film.

Even more than 'Swingers,' 'Go', for me, defines my career.

I often found that my favorite scene that I shoot is often one that I cut out, like in 'The Last Castle' and 'The Contender.' If you look at the deleted scenes, some of the best scenes never made it into the film.

As an actor you have to deliver what the director wants.

When the director narrates the story, I try to understand how he wants me to do my role and I try to deliver that.

When I bagged 'Arundathi,' I don't think I knew how to act. It was because of director Shyamprasad Reddy that I delivered that performance.

I will do a dance number only if I'm convinced about how the director would present me. I'd do something only if the script demands.