Director Quotes - page 6

On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through. (Bruce Beresford)
I hate to sound like Julie the cruise director but it's people that I think about all the time. View quote
Bruce McCulloch
I mean, I've sold all these scripts and nothing's been made. Studios have closed, stars have died. I had a director find Jesus. And the pictures just don't get made. View quote
Bruce Vilanch
Matching character and actor is what a good director does. View quote
Bruno Dumont
While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community. View quote
Burton Richter
Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases. View quote
Burton Richter
Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which isn't very common. I like to do my characters, if it's not specific in the script, as myself. View quote
Barret Oliver
That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight. View quote
Barry McGuire
We as comics do want an immediate response from the audience. It's really quiet on the set, and there are only the producers, and the director, so a comic is looking for someone to give a reaction, even if it is the camera guy. View quote
Cedric the Entertainer
Theater is a lot more interactive, more of a cohesive unit. With television, it can be a different director every episode. View quote
Condola Rashad
I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker. (Conrad Hall)
An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do it fast. View quote
Carol Kane
Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living. View quote
Carter Burwell
If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be willing to. But I'd do brain surgery the same way. I'm always up for something new. View quote
Carter Burwell
I've enjoyed my time in the game, whether it be managing Luton in the top flight, taking Spurs to Wembley or, as director of football, pinpointing players such as Jermain Defoe, Paul Robinson and Robbie Keane with real sell-on value. View quote
David Pleat
You never want to be the director who dropped the ball, you know? View quote
David Yates
We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting. View quote
David Zucker
I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character. View quote
Dennis Farina
Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director. View quote
Dennis Farina
The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore. View quote
Dick Powell
There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes. (Dick Wolf)
I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on. View quote
Dino De Laurentiis
Nobody taught Picasso how to paint - he learned for himself. And nobody can teach you to be a producer. You can learn the mechanics, but you can't learn what's right about a script or a director or an actor. That comes from instinct and intuition. It comes from inside you. View quote
Dino De Laurentiis
How can you have a director that doesn't go to work with the crew every day and talk to them? View quote
Don Bluth
As an action director I always try to bring something fresh and new. View quote
Donnie Yen