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Quotes About Director

I was concerned about who he would put in there as FBI director because he had expressed antipathy for the FBI, for the director. I was going to stay there and make sure that he couldn't replace me.
~ Louis Freeh
I've been an actress for years, and I've worked with one female director. Statistically it's less than 7% or 12% - I mean, it's low, not representative. So, hopefully, more women will be given opportunities to direct, or create opportunities to direct themselves.
~ Talulah Riley
As an actress, you're part of what the director is creating, and as a model, you're representing a designer's vision.
~ Lou Doillon
I cut 'Deer Hunter' myself.
~ Michael Cimino
I consider myself more a European director who is from Iceland than an Icelandic director.
~ Baltasar Kormakur
When film director T.K. Rajeevkumar cast me in the role of the iconic Rathi in the new edition of 'Rathinirvedam,' I had no idea it was such a cult film.
~ Shweta Menon
I pick different projects for different reasons. Usually, it's a combination of things. I admire the director, and I am interested in working with the director. Or, it's the cast. I can be moved by the story. The ideal situation is you love the director and you love the cast.
~ Jennifer Connelly
I have an idealistic approach to acting. I want to be great at it, but you can't be great if the scripts are not there and the director doesn't know what he's doing.
~ Tom Sizemore
If you ever ask me what my all-time dream character is, my answer will be Mia Tansen, the great composer-musician in Hindustani classical music. And ideally, the film should be directed by a person like Bhansali who is a great director and has a marvellous sense of classical music.
~ Jackie Shroff
One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.
~ Alan Rickman
I'd grown up doing children's theater there, and I always imagined myself being artistic director of a children's theater company.
~ Rachel McAdams
To be a director, you have to think you're the best. Ever since I went to film school, I imagined that you have to think deep down that you want to be Martin Scorsese or you want to be P.T. Anderson. Like, am I as good as those guys? Absolutely not. I feel like I keep learning, and I feel like I keep getting better.
~ Jonathan Levine
I never imagined that I would be at a club like Inter, with so much history and success and also as the captain. I can't see myself as a coach, but maybe as a director to give back to the club.
~ Javier Zanetti
For me, a director is a director immaterial of the gender. At the end of the day, the audience is only interested in watching a good film.
~ Boman Irani
I am a very impatient director.
~ Steven Spielberg
The way we structure our deals is to work closely with the director. It is imperative to work with a studio because the way the film is marketed is crucial.
~ Ronnie Screwvala
I never try to show an actor what to do or what to say. He has to find out for himself. The role of the director is to guide him to that state, and then to implement it.
~ Nicholas Ray
The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.
~ John Frankenheimer
My father was an important person, the director of the school. He could talk to anybody - simple or educated. He liked chess, fishing, and beautiful women.
~ Svetlana Alexievich
It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one.
~ Trevor Rabin
After seeing my performance in director T.V. Chandran's 'Aadum Koothu,' Cheran was impressed and immediately cast me in 'Maya Kannadi.'
~ Navya Nair
It's great when improv is encouraged. It's a really fun thing. It depends on who's in the movie and how their process works as well. It takes a director who is open to that because you have a script, but then something funny could happen on set.
~ Lily Collins
There is always a collaboration between the director and the actors, and you always have to listen as the actors have to listen to you as a director. In the end, you as a director, of course, are the captain on the ship.
~ Baran bo Odar
A lot of the films I've done have links to other movies that I've directed in the past.
~ Kenneth Branagh