Quotes and Sayings About Directors
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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.
-- A. A. Gill -
Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing.
-- A. O. Scott -
Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.
-- Aaron Eckhart -
I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
-- Aaron Eckhart -
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When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
-- Aaron Taylor-JohnsonSource : "Aaron Johnson Talks SAVAGES and KICK-ASS 2; Says Filming Begins This Fall and It'll Be Rated R". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 5, 2012.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
-- Adam McKaySource : "Will Ferrell, Adam McKay Celebrate 'The Other Guys'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross., www.npr.org. August 5, 2010.
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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.
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For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
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I'm a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I'm interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.
-- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan -
We make a contract within ourselves as actors or directors or writers about how much of ourselves we let into projects. You can actually figure out before you work on something how much blood you will have to let emotionally.
-- Ajay Naidu -
I've always loved music videos - I used to make my own for bands like Pearl Jam. My favorite directors are Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and Patrick Daughters.
-- Akiva SchafferSource : "Viral Vidiots". www.wired.com. July 1, 2006.
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I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be.
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Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.
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It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
-- Alan Cumming -
Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that.
-- Alan CummingSource : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. December 7, 2010.
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A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.
-- Alan ParkerSource : "Alan Parker: 'I like the craziness of the film set'" by Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2013.
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Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. Ive never actually watched another director work.
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Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
-- Alan ParkerSource : Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 2000.
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One of the most, in a weird way, encouraging things a director can say to an actor - I know this as an actor - is when you ask them a question, they say, I don't know - 'cause it means there's some space there for you to find out. And it means that there's going to be a process.
-- Alan Rickman -
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The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't.
-- Alan Rickman -
One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.
-- Alan Rickman -
The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.'
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You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.
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'Drive' came to me because the casting director knew my manager and called and said, 'You've always talked to me about Albert wanting to play the heavy. I think he should read this.' My ears just perked up.
-- Albert BrooksSource : "Albert Brooks Talks DRIVE, TAXI DRIVER, Improvising, Future Projects, Where’s the DEFENDING YOUR LIFE Blu-ray & Turning Down Roles". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 31, 2011.
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I'm an actor because I love movies, and always have loved movies. I'm a film buff. So, getting to work with those kinds of directors and getting to tell those stories is what I want to do.
-- Alden EhrenreichSource : Source: collider.com
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Most directors make films with their eyes; I make films with my testicles.
-- Alejandro Jodorowsky -
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Your crew becomes your family and you trust the director and the other actors on the set, and it's a very safe place.
-- Aleksa PalladinoSource : "Exitmusic’s Passage Is No Secret". Interview with Amanda Duberman, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 22, 2012.
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I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.
-- Alex CoxSource : Interview with Maximilian Le Cain, sensesofcinema.com. January 2003.