Director Quotes - page 26

I still make more money as I do as an actor than director, however I don't want to be a commercial director. (Charles S. Dutton)
I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture. View quote
Charlie Rose
The director is planning on titling the film 'Yummy Fur' so we are probably planning on changing the title of the book to 'Yummy Fur' to match the film. View quote
Chester Brown
David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing. View quote
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's so advantageous to go to a place that you already have a feel for, a literal and spiritual familiarity. View quote
Campbell Scott
Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director. View quote
Chris Messina
I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to fill it out. View quote
Christopher McQuarrie
There's nobody who loves being around actors working more than David Mamet, especially actors bringing his tremendous dialogue to life. I've never seen a movie director who was happier to be directing a movie than Dave. View quote
Clark Gregg
I was told I was fat in the modeling world, and a director on a shoot told me I needed to lose weight. The J-Lo booty wasn't popular then, and I wanted to be the perfect Hollywood girl - tall, blonde and skinny. I couldn't do the 'tall' because I was 5'2, and I couldn't do the skinny, either. View quote
Coco Austin
On my first day on the set of 'Boston Legal,' I thought the director was calling me 'Candice' instead of 'Constance.' But I didn't realize he was actually talking to Candice Bergen. View quote
Constance Zimmer
The majority of people know me as a dancer, but they don't also know that I'm a director, a songwriter and a producer. (Cris Judd)
I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you. View quote
Crystal Reed
Any good director, and I've worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly. View quote
Carmen Ejogo
As a director, you've got to have quite a few projects going because you never know which one will actually come together with the financing and get the green light. View quote
Catherine Hardwicke
Actors are accustomed to doing exactly what the director or writer requests us to do, and rarely get involved in that part of the process. View quote
Catherine McCormack
Film is mostly a visual medium, and so the director has much more control in terms of painting pictures and painting a performance. For theater, the director does everything he can and then says, 'Out you go,' and the actors are in charge of that stage every night. View quote
David Lindsay-Abaire
Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me. View quote
David Oyelowo
I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think I'm very supportive. View quote
David Schwimmer
I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body. View quote
David Wenham
I grew up the son of a director and grew up on sets myself, so I was the kid getting dragged around from this set to that set and I loved it. There's something about it which is really interesting. View quote
Dean Cain
I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table. (Debbie Allen)
A director just pushes them a little this way or that way. View quote
Debbie Allen
I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director. View quote
Debbie Allen
I think a good director is a good listener. View quote
Denis Villeneuve
As a director, you're a bit of a dictator. But I feel that you're a better director if you're open to other people's ideas. It means that it's tougher: you have to be in a choosing process; you have to put the ego aside. As long as everybody's aiming in the same direction... I'm open to my main partners in the film crew. View quote
Denis Villeneuve