Quotes About Director

The director could start shooting the fifth scene first. So while giving take for the scene I need to know what I am expected to do in the first four scenes. Sometimes it gets quite confusing and on television you never know when the channel will change the story or dump the character!

I love working with a set designer because, in many respects, you meet the set designer before you meet the actors. So it's a chance for me as a director to figure out what I'm thinking and to explore how the space is going to actually be activated.

You always have to figure out what the director is good at before you work with them; then you can fill in if need be.

A director is a very selfish person. For him, his film is like his baby.

I knew when I was about 14 that I wanted to be a director and that I wanted to go to NYU for film school.

I loved David Lean, he had a huge influence on me when I was going to film school.

Scorsese has very defined ideas about how to shoot a scene, and he's an editor himself - we cut together. It means he's constantly thinking about my problems while he's filming.

The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a whole team of people who have been working on it for months before you start. You have this really intense period of filming and then you leave it, knowing that the director will work on it for another few months.

Martin Scorsese is one of the great filmmakers of all time.

I think, as a filmmaker, you're always responsible for your film.

I think as a filmmaker and as a director, you shortchange yourself if you inhibit the ability of your actor to bring their own personal experiences to the characters.

I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all.

I consider myself as a director's actor, so I'm open to work with filmmakers from across the country and even abroad.

I'm a filmmaker, not a scientist.

I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.

I just trust the director and never overanalyse the script, screenplay, etc. You are just taking a bet at the end of the day, so confidence, be it on the filmmaker or the script, is all that counts.

Xavier Gens is probably the busiest filmmaker that I know.

Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers.

I really think of myself just as a filmmaker.

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

I love the process of filmmaking. I understood that you have to be a writer in order to be a director.

In films, you have to follow the director's vision. Filmmaking is a director's medium. So everything happens as per the script and his vision.

When it comes to filmmaking - India or abroad, there are two approaches. First, when the director knows what he's making. Second, where he has an idea and explores that while making the film.