Quotes About Director

Personally, I don't claim to be a great director. My films are made for children, not intellectuals.

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget.

Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him.

I liked 'Robocop' because of the director, and it was an intelligent, big-action studio movie.

If a film is being made by an intelligent director, they're going to cast the right guy.

The reason I took on directing a film myself was because, no matter how skilful a director was or how much I liked the film, there'd always be beats where I'd go, 'Oh... well, that's skilful, in a way, but it doesn't get the flavour I'd intended in the script.'

I think drug movies free the director to make intense films.

I think it makes such a huge difference when the director has acting experience as well because it just means that he not only has a view of the film as a whole and the intentions of the scene in terms of the audience, he also has an actor's instinct of how to communicate something to us.

When I'm playing as an actor, I don't want to interfere at all with the director. I'm just an actor. I'm totally respectful.

I guess, as a director, you sort of take the script, and you find ways to interpret it.

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.

A lot of writers want everything put on screen, but it doesn't work like that. The screenwriter brings her own imaginative interpretation, just as the director and actors do.

It's not my job to try and alter the director's style - he's in charge, and I'll always give him my trust.

I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a very talented director.

The only place where you can be a dictator and still be loved is on the movie set

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.

Strategic thinking is the director's role. Planning is an exclusively executive role.

each director could access a visual picture of the figures, which they could then manipulate through 'what if' questioning.

values must be backed up by observable directoral and managerial actions or they will remain simply an aspiration.

Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours on the phone, and I've been sending him information and items that have been useful to the writing process.

I don't work for the commercial success of the film. I work to satisfy my producers who give me the money. I work to satisfy the director who has written a script for me. Of course, I have to satisfy the actor in me, but I want to satisfy them first.

Ultimately, a director is a storyteller. I wanted to fortify that part of my life as a director, so I thought the best way to do that is to study and learn about the greatest stories ever written.

I would prefer to work for directors who give me the script and written screenplay at the outset.

Being on a Paul Thomas Anderson film, the best decision an actor can make is to listen to Paul Thomas Anderson. Because he's probably not going to steer anyone in the wrong direction. I would always say go with your gut on any other movie set, but with Paul, I would say go with Paul's gut.