Top 540 Directors Quotes

For female directors, there’s a whole other set of things we have to think about, particularly when we are casting men, because there are some actors who have never been directed by a woman. Crew members, too.

After ‘Homeland,’ I was offered a lot of very authoritarian, square, angry boss types, but I wanted to do something different. Casting directors are surprised when they look at my CV and see all the work I’ve done, from Shakespeare to playing Nelson Mandela.

It’s important to see how people see your work and how they feel about it. I know a lot of directors who are like, ‘I never read reviews,’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah I can tell.’

It’s often the case with directors that they don’t like to share credit, which is the case of Stanley. He would prefer just A Film By Stanley Kubrick including music and everything.

I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.

I never storyboard. I hate it. I don’t understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.

Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.

When you hire directors, you’re most concerned about whether or not someone from the outside will get the jokes.

I think ‘Trial & Retribution’ as a brand can go on forever. Its joy is that it has, to an extent, a formula, which gives a comfort routine for viewers. But we allow our directors total autarchy in putting their personalities on their stories.

Casting director was a part-time thing, which later became a full-time job because there was a lack of casting directors in our industry and people were looking for professionals to do it.

A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

The casting directors that were aware of ‘The Real World’ looked at me as a joke. It was so hard to get away from that.

I really respect the Coen brothers as directors and as creative individuals and with the way that they handle the industry and the business side of things.

It is an honor to serve as the Ad Council’s next Chair of the Board of Directors. I am deeply committed to its mission of creating campaigns that improve everyday lives. I look forward to working with the Ad Council team and Board to continue to shine a light on the most important social issues of our day.

I’ve been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.

I’ve definitely become more aware and conscious of what directors I’m working with because it’s so important. The director is really more than half the battle of the film. You really rely on that. That’s become really, really important to me, for sure.

Malayalam industry is pretty awesome, and I will definitely do a movie in Malayalam. There are some great directors over there.

Increasingly, there’s much better material on television, but there’s not always the time and money to make it, so you’ve got to make sure you make it in the right place. It also depends on time commitment; a lot of directors will make a pilot, but a series is just a whole other level of involvement.

My ambition has always been to work with English and American actors and directors. Those were the movies that I was watching when I was growing up.

Many casting directors won’t hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick’s headshot under the table so she doesn’t get the part.

I’m a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.

The great thing about women directors is that they’re not only involved in the performances – they can gauge where we all are personally and know how to direct us better because of that.

Most of the great directors I’ve worked with – De Palma, Spike Lee – like rehearsals.

I have always been up for risks, but only because I had full confidence and faith in the vision of my directors.

You could almost write an opera about the selection of music directors for orchestras. The intrigues are really interesting, and then, at the end, the results are completely unexpected.

I think women are in much the same place in the Irish theater as they are everywhere else. Certainly, we have wonderful Irish writers, and we have quite a number of Irish women directors. But there could be more, and there should be more.

I love my lifestyle now, but at the end of nine months, you’re toast. You are toast. It’s like running a marathon. You can’t think while you’re doing it. Especially when different directors come in who are not part of the posse, the circle.

I was on ‘The O.C.’ and had a small part, which wasn’t very challenging. I was a bit bored, so I started shadowing directors and they finally gave me a shot. From there, it led to directing other television shows. I am trying to direct a feature film, so we’ll see what happens.

You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films cold, you’re not quite sure. It’s the same in – I’m trying to think of other directors with a similar sense – David Lynch’s films, Tim’s films, some of Cronenberg’s stuff.

I feel very, very grateful. I’m a lucky guy, you need a lot of luck, and then when the cameras roll, you have to have this group of writers, directors, and actors that just gel, and it seems to literally be happening more and more.

You work with great directors and terrible directors, and so you learn; you take what you think will work for you.

I don’t like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this.

‘Birdman’ has kinda… changed things. I’m not saying you won’t see traditionally made movies any more. But I’ve had meetings with directors, and they’ve said it makes them rethink everything. You can hate this movie, but you have to talk about it. It’s going to go down as one of the most interesting movies ever made.

Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with.

What worries me are these so-called radio stations with program directors who don’t play all the different flavors of hip-hop. They should play the old with the new, 24/7, 365 days a year. A lot of these program directors are just jiving around and not playing all the good music for the people.

‘Kaaka Muttai’ has gone places. It’s a great feeling. There is respect from family and friends. The film has travelled to international festivals, and I was able to meet big directors.

With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them.

John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that have followed have kept the original intent of the concept.

Most actors are pretty adaptable because we work with so many directors.

I once gave a talk at a girls’ school and, once I’d finished, 29 out of the 30 girls wanted to be film directors. I think that’s where we need to get girls interested in making films. We need to give them the idea that they can, that it’s one of the things on their horizon.

I love producing. My dream as a producer is to be able to build a company that can be a safe haven for artists, for directors and for writers and actors to do what they do best and let them have final edit. I’d like to build something to that effect.

Do FBI Agents and FBI directors have political beliefs? Sure they do. But they’re not supposed to act on them.

I’ve directed things that other people have written before, and I’ve written things and given them to other directors. So I’m very versatile in terms of that, and I enjoy all of it.

So, yes, there’s nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.

There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination.

Things have changed a great deal since the days of Mr. Mayer. The studios no longer control, as they did in those days, artists or directors or producers, as the case may be.

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population – and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story.

There are younger directors, and anybody over 30 is ancient to them, because they’re not that old.

A lot of young directors, they’re not confident; they’re not open to the emotional level of the scene.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it’s like learning everyday.

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.

When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called ‘Female Directors.’ I interviewed all of the important female directors from Mexico. There were four. That was it.

I’m one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.