Director Quotes - page 31

I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew. (John Boorman)
I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has. View quote
John Frankenheimer
I think that you can't make a movie without a script. But you also can't make movies without actors. You also can't make movies without technicians. And there has to be just one person in charge of everybody, and to me that one person is the director. View quote
John Frankenheimer
The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie. View quote
John Frankenheimer
A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or in another office and that producer can edit behind the director's back much easier than in the old days. Since these dailies are now put on videotape, more kinds of people have access to dailies. View quote
John Frankenheimer
Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that. View quote
John Frankenheimer
After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind. View quote
John Ratzenberger
No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen. View quote
John Schlesinger
I would like you to consider the difference in the time from 1963 to date. The FBI, at that time, was headed by Mr. Hoover who had been appointed Director continuously. He had, I would say, a good reputation. View quote
John Sherman Cooper
The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor. View quote
Johnny Weissmuller
It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies. (Jon Landau)
It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good. View quote
Jon Lovitz
I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream. View quote
Jon Lovitz
I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor. View quote
Jonathan Frakes
I see what's behind everything the director wants to do. View quote
Jordi Molla
After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work. View quote
Jordi Molla
I wish that every director was as interested in doing as much in camera and with physical objects as much as possible as J.J. Abrams is. View quote
Joseph Gatt
When 'The Pacific' came around, I had to audition the old-fashioned way. It was the casting director and then the producer and then another producer and another producer and then Spielberg and Hanks. View quote
Joseph Mazzello
I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the orchestra, and when you're an actor, you're playing the violin. There's a thrill to each of them, but as the conductor, you get the fuller sound. View quote
Josh Radnor
As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change what you're going to do. View quote
Juan Antonio Bayona
I think that the most important thing for me is, how is the character that I would be reading for? Is it interesting? Is there stuff to do? Are there things that you can do with the character? How can you play it out? Just those kinds of things that are very important for an actor. Also, a good director and good dialogue. (Julia Garner)
Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head. View quote
Julia Leigh
My very first news director said to me that it's better to be hated than to have viewers be neutral. View quote
Julie Chen
After college I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director. View quote
Justin Chadwick
I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck with film school and theatrics. View quote
James Brolin