Director Quotes - page 28

Every little opportunity and chance that I get to be on a set, to be a director, to utilize the skill sets that I already have and to learn what I don't know, and to see how I can improve upon that is just a really great opportunity for me. (Eric Balfour)
As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. Then when you see a film later, it can be infuriating, really disappointing. I've been very lucky, though, and so many of my early experiences were great. View quote
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me. View quote
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don't want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So that's a big difference. View quote
Eriq La Salle
It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard. View quote
Eva Marie Saint
I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a very idealistic fellow who thought that he could use blogs, social networks and new media to help promote democracy, human rights and freedom of expression. View quote
Evgeny Morozov
The director of the FBI has been visiting Silicon Valley companies asking them to build back doors so that it can spy on what is being said online. The Department of Commerce is going after piracy. At home, the American government wants anything but Internet freedom. View quote
Evgeny Morozov
As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people. View quote
Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
Usually in TV... A TV director could be anything from a main grip to just a glorified cameraman, and sometimes a director can be the person who is hired last. It's very much a producer's medium. View quote
Edgar Wright
I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if I like the story. View quote
Elena Anaya
I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I'm always open to learning everybody's style - the director, the actor I'm working with. (Freida Pinto)
As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience. View quote
Fede Alvarez
In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things. View quote
Felicity Kendal
I was seen dancing at school by a director, who asked me to be in a TV play. And it had a huge impact. So I think thats what really started me off. View quote
Francesca Annis
A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should. View quote
Frank Darabont
Frank Miller is more of a visionary than any director I've ever worked with, and he achieves that vision better than anyone I've ever worked with. View quote
Gabriel Macht
I was too dumb to know Opie was going to grow up to be a great Director, if so, boy, I would certainly have become his best friend. View quote
George Lindsey
I'm an enormous fan of Ron Howard. I mean, he's the most extraordinary director. View quote
Georgina Chapman
I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do. View quote
Gillian Jacobs
If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me. View quote
Giovanni Ribisi
I think the director is becoming more important. To work under rushed conditions, you need to have an extremely professional director. If the director's good than the end result will be good. (Glenn Ford)
I'm just attracted to the action element of science fiction. It's great to sit in the editing room with the director and sound engineers and to create the feeling where your heart is racing and you're sitting at the edge of your seat and you find yourself holding your breath. View quote
Gale Anne Hurd
Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful thing for a director to have experienced that. It helps you know how to talk to actors and how to get what you need from them. View quote
Grant Heslov
I still get called 'a stick of dynamite' or 'pint-sized dynamo,' stuff like that. Actually, I was too busy to notice there was anything unusual about being a woman director until the early 1980s, when I looked around the professional theater and realized there weren't many of us. You have to make more of a case for yourself than any man. View quote
Garry Hynes
I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director. View quote
Gary Sinise