Quotes About Art

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

You have to have a great director to make a great movie.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

I find it kind of weird that directors want to put themselves in their films.

I don't think enough directors know enough about editing.

Zhang Yimou is one of the best directors on mainland China.

I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the best films, so who's to say who is right.

A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not open to the emotional level of the scene.

I've worked with very few directors who've asked of me what I asked of myself.

I like the anonymity that directors can have about their films.

Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.

I'm very interested in directing actors - many directors direct cameras.

Working with actors really depends on the actor. Most of the directors I've worked with don't really know how to speak to actors, actually; some of the best directors don't.

Music as a business is a dirty thing.

Once, Pina Bausch was about something, however disagreeable.

Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel.

Someone who is an artist can say, 'I can create and can make what I create disappear.'

I don't have religion or culture. I don't have anything I can believe in when I'm really scared. When I play the songs, I feel the fear disappear.

I do love the musical form, although it's often disappointing.

I really like 'Disaster Artist.'

To me, even what the glossies would consider a fashion disaster are still self expression.

I don't discern between OTT and theatre because this is incredible work that I 'chose' to do.

Craft and art and discipline in what you do will make you happy.