Director Quotes - page 27

I think you've got to talk to the director, see the director's films and recognise that it's important that the work fits right in and see if as part of the movie. (Dennis Muren)
You have to pretend to live in those clothes that they lived in, to live within the climate that they had then. You have to imagine with the help, obviously, of all the other technicians that are around - the writer, the director, the other actors. View quote
Derek Jacobi
When you're a freelance director, you are hired to create the art, and it kind of stops there. View quote
Diane Paulus
My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America. View quote
Diane Paulus
As a director, I never feel that I have the answers. View quote
Diane Paulus
Whether I'm writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I'm always an actor's director first. I always try to listen to them a lot and try to put their voices into their character. View quote
Dito Montiel
I get involved with projects based on three parameters - the script, the actors involved and the director. View quote
Dominic Monaghan
From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker. View quote
Donnie Yen
An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer. You choreograph the moves and you let the director, cinematographer take into positioning their cameras. View quote
Donnie Yen
In Hong Kong, particularly, we craft this art for decades. The action choreographer actually is the action director. He takes over and he choreographs with - by himself or with his team, and place the camera where he feels cinematic effect to bring out that choreography. View quote
Donnie Yen
I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story. (Donnie Yen)
I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan. View quote
Donnie Yen
Sirk was every womans dream of a director. View quote
Dorothy Malone
Curiously enough, I was one of the first to have some say in Hollywood. By sheer accident, I had four successes in a row in the early 30's and, although I was still in my 20's, I demanded and received approval of cast, story and director. I don't know how I got away with it, but I did! View quote
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
The director calmed me down and told me I was being too hard on myself. He went on to say that I wasn't quite as bad as I thought, but needed to tone things down a bit. View quote
Dwight Schultz
I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that every bit of the nine months we spent on the film was worth it. View quote
Dwight Yoakam
I started as a director and just fell upon acting. View quote
Danny Huston
My strangest auditioning experience was when I was reading for a TV show, and right when I started the audition, the casting director left the room and yelled at me from the hallway to keep reading. View quote
Danny Strong
Lucio Fulci is such a massively underrated director. Everyone knows him as the Godfather of Gore. View quote
Eli Roth
I saw Alien when I was 8 years old. To me, it was like a combination of Jaws and Star Wars and that's the movie that made me want to be a director. View quote
Eli Roth
When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director. (Eli Roth)
I have worked with another first-time director who was not that open, and it was probably one of the worst experiences I ever had, so my antennas are really out. View quote
Elisabeth Shue
I believe the director is the one that sets the mood and if you have this hysterical director it's a domino effect. I would work for him forever, for nothing. Don't tell my agent that. View quote
Elizabeth Pena
I think Chris Weitz is an amazing director, and his sensibility - I wouldn't even know how to articulate it - it's just, he's a very sensitive, interesting guy. View quote
Elizabeth Reaser
I was an assistant director for a year, and I realized, 'God, this is a lot of hard work. This is going to take time. So what's the shortcut? What's the better option?' Then thankfully, someone said, 'Why don't you become an actor?' View quote
Emraan Hashmi