Quotes About Director

I think, as a director, it's always worth pushing yourself and finding out new areas and exploring new ways to tell story.

I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play, so I started to think like, 'Well if I'm going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct.'

I was fortunate to be able to do two movies with Harold Ramis. He was the kindest of any director with whom I worked. Harold was a genius. On top of his talent, he could do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle faster than anyone! I am lucky to have known him as well as I did. I will miss him.

When I can see things through the lens of the director, it's like being able to see the whole puzzle - it's not just about my role, but the whole script.

I don't consider myself a flashy director. A lot of times, people will look and don't even know what I do.

I was the most emotional of the flight directors. Space really got me all honked up.

If you have back-to-back flops and you're not a star's son, it depends on your destiny or contacts. People say 'No, I'm not going to take this director/actor, he's given four flops,' they forget the day when the same person was a hit.

My father was the Florida state director of The Nature Conservancy.

Polanski is a great film director - although the much-acclaimed 'Chinatown' has a muddled script - but his true talent is to make fools of his friends.

The first and foremost criterion for me when selecting a film is the character I am playing, and then the director.

When I became a choreographer, I was not assisting any choreographer. I was assisting the director Mansoor Ali Khan for 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.' I was the fourth assistant director.

I've tried to stay out of the frame more as a director.

When I go on set, it's very important, the lenses I choose, what I choose to frame or not frame and that's how I make my movies.

We are definitely doing 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety 2,' it's a great franchise to take forward.

I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.

As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me.

But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director.

But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm French or Australian or whatever, it's really not important.

My friendship with the great actor and director Alan Rickman did not have a particularly auspicious start.

I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body.

I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director.

As a screenwriter, you always have frustrations. It's just the nature of the job, and you have to live with it. Your vision is not going to be the same as the director's vision. It doesn't mean one is better or worse; it means they're different.

In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role... if you are able to do a credible performance and touch the audience. Same with directing. If you are able to draw out the best from your actors, then you fulfill your job as a director.

As an actor, 'Chhichhore' has been one of the most creatively fulfilling projects and I thank my director Nitesh Tiwari for making me a part of his vision.