Quotes About Director

I like to work, and I worked for years as a camera person before I directed.

I remember how difficult it was to resist the food served on the sets of a movie directed by Abbas and Mustan. They love food, and I could not resist digging into their dabba for some wonderful meals.

I will watch any film directed by Imtiaz Ali.

You find a movie you love and you figure out who directed it, then you go to the video store and go through all the John Carpenter stuff and all the Sam Raimi stuff.

I had directed some tele films years ago.

I knew it was called 'Dunkirk,' Christopher Nolan was directing it, and it was a war film. That was all anyone knew.

Choreography is amazing. I'm still a dancer, yet I transitioned into choreography then as a Creative Director. All of these creative elements are brought out of being a dancer. Directing is something that comes out of understanding movement and choreography. Directing movement is directing a dance piece.

With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Because it is their medium. In a way, you are serving the director, and when it is someone that you feel you can have a lot of confidence in, it can make a big difference.

I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.

I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confident as I needed to be, so I started directing theater; then I played in some movies, and then I felt the need to do my own stuff.

I think like an actor when I'm acting, and I think like a director when I'm directing.

I only did 'Thor' because it was Kenneth Branagh directing, but I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.

'Room' is a very subtly-made film, and directing awards tend to go to the flashier stuff, but it's the Director's section of the academy that make the decision, so I'm very proud they can see something in what I directed and wanted to reward it.

I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.

I say yes to a film depending on who is directing it.

My job as a director is to communicate, and I want to communicate to all.

I think there is more cohesion when you have one director on set.

Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why.

A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.

I like working as a director most.

If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer.

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

I'm a woman director and my movies are shown all around the world.

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.