Tom Skerritt famous quotes

Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.
-- Tom Skerritt

#Directors #Just Being

Obviously, if a director doesn't communicative a clear, relevant vision of the material, it will not succeed no matter how good the material.
-- Tom Skerritt

#Talking #Vision #Matter

I'm currently trying to direct my own material.
-- Tom Skerritt

#Trying #Materials #Direct

Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.
-- Tom Skerritt

#Vision #Directors #Screenplays

One has the responsibility to oneself, to the writer, director and the people who put up the money, to put out the best of what one has experienced and understood about the human condition as it relates to the role one has been hired to portray.
-- Tom Skerritt

#Responsibility #People #Roles

TV writing is different than other mediums, involving the writer.
-- Tom Skerritt

#Writing #Tvs #Different

My father was a film-maker. He always said he wanted to go like Humphrey Jennings, the legendary director who stepped backwards over a cliff while framing a better shot.

Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.

All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.

I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.

He hadn't done anything. He hadn't needed to. Just being there was enough.

I'm not concentrated or concerned with any other factors rather than just being able to do the best job that I can.

There is more to knowing than just being correct

I know that I'm an actor and I guess I could kind of put on an act, but it takes so much more time to be someone you are not. I feel so much better just being comfortable with myself and hopefully girls will accept that.

Sometimes, when you have someone behind the counter who's supposed to assist you and help you out, just being completely bored and uninterested - sometimes it's a little bit frustrating, you know?