Director Quotes - page 47

Samuel Hartlib, a celebrated writer on husbandry in the last century, a gentleman much beloved and esteemed by Milton, in his preface to the work, commonly called his Legacy, laments greatly that no public director of husbandry was established in England By Authority; and that we had not adopted the Flemish custom of letting farms upon improvement... Cromwell, in consequence of this admirable performance, allowed Hartlib a pension of 100l. a year ; and Hartlib afterwards, the better to fulfil the intentions of his benefactor, procured Dr. Beati's excellent annotations on the Legacy, with other valuable pieces from bis numerous correspondents. (Walter Harte)
Every director works differently. View quote
Cate Blanchett
Strange," mused the Director, as they turned away, "strange to think that even in Our Ford's day most games were played without more apparatus than a ball or two and a few sticks and perhaps a bit of netting. imagine the folly of allowing people to play elaborate games which do nothing whatever to increase consumption. It's madness. View quote
Aldous Huxley
Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him. View quote
Monica Bellucci
In the 1960s the works of Takis and Tinguely were experiments with different forces, both magnetic and kinetic. My work differed from theirs, for although my kinetic art works used machines, the works themselves moved in random organic ways and avoided the monotonous repetitive movements of most machines. My land art projects and all the rest of my cosmic propulsions were born out of the organic and my relation with the dynamics of nature. When I first exhibited with Liliane Lijn at the Indica Gallery in London in 1967 I called my artworks bio-kinetic sculptures. Some of my artworks in that show are featured in the film I'll Never Forget What's'isname by the English director Michael Winner. View quote
David Medalla
On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually. View quote
Gary Oldman
I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director. View quote
Michael Haneke
The director is really a watch-dog, and the watch-dog has no right without the knowledge of his master to take a sop from a possible wolf. View quote
Charles Bowen, Baron Bowen
I don't have a favorite director just like I don't have a favorite color or I don't have a favorite food. I like everything. View quote
Meryl Streep
One of the gratuities about being a director is that you can volunteer yourself out of difficult details. View quote
Steven Spielberg
Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me. (Steven Spielberg)
If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer. View quote
Steven Spielberg
And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director. View quote
Steven Spielberg
I am a very impatient director. View quote
Steven Spielberg
I think every movie I've made after 'Indiana Jones,' I've tried to make every single movie as if it was made by a different director, because I'm very conscious of not wanting to impose a consistent style on subject matter that is not necessarily suited to that style. So I try to re-invent my own eye every time I tackle a new subject. View quote
Steven Spielberg
I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through the movie, and that takes a long time. View quote
Steven Spielberg
'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied behind his back. View quote
Steven Spielberg
In the re-creation of combat situations, and this is coming from a director who's never been in one, being mindful of what these veterans have actually gone through, you find that the biggest concern is that you don't look at war as a geopolitical endeavor. View quote
Steven Spielberg
When I'm on a picture, I have two bosses - the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss. View quote
Jim Brown
Of course I'm schooled in the old school method: taking what I think the director wants, then reworking it through my own brain and heart. View quote
Shirley MacLaine
I am very clear that when I work with a director what he or she says is the last word. (Shahrukh Khan)
I no longer do a film for the wrong reasons. I have to be convinced ethically and morally. Both the director and I have to be on the same page. There are just five songs in most films these days, and they have to be amazing. There has to be a twist in the screenplay. The editing has to be crisp. Your hard work should show, but effortlessly. View quote
Salman Khan
One guy records the voices, another guy times the storyboard, another guy times the sheets, one guy is the story editor. All these jobs should be covered by the director. View quote
John Kricfalusi
Theater is a service where the god keeps changing...Sometimes it's the actor. Sometimes it's the director. Sometimes it's the stage manager. Sometimes, but almost never, it's the playwright. View quote
María Irene Fornés
The producer orders a certain title. The musical director orders a certain rhythm. The dance director orders a certain number of bars. And the composer orders a certain number... of aspirin. View quote
Frank Loesser