Top 77 Good Director Quotes

I only travel to good material, a good director and a good company. I won’t work in another country for a year any longer, because I have a lovely wife and I adore her and I can’t bear to be away from her.

When you have a good director, everything is taken care of.

David Boreanaz is actually a very good director and he directed one of our episodes. Excellent director, knew exactly what he wanted. We never had long days with David. He was great, he knew exactly what he wanted and he’s a fantastic director.

I think what makes a good actor’s director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

Somebody who likes to do my plays is a good director for them.

I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn’t mean you’re going to be a good director.

It is true that I got recognition. But however good the comedies are, nobody will accept a good comedy director as a good director. That is the sad part of it. Nobody knows who directed the ‘Laurel and Hardy’ movies. They know only Laurel and Hardy. Directors will never get a good name if they direct a comedy film.

A lot of directors don’t know what they want to do. Every director I’ve seen that was a good director that I’ve admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn’t sit there and think about it.

There are definitely reasons to do certain things, but I like to stick to good director, good actor, good script.

A director is the captain of the ship; he gets the vision of the film much before anyone else can. While I want to experiment with characters, I know a good director means I am in safe hands.

For me, it’s important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

When I meet a good actor, I would like to be a director. When I meet a good director, I would like to be an actor. When there is a good script, I would like to be both a director and an actor. The switch is very natural, not intentional.

In the movies, you want a good story and characters that are honest, but you are also looking for a good director who can lead the ship. That’s how we look at business. Everybody has a great idea for a start-up, and so do their relatives, and they tell me, ‘You gotta build it.’ I say, ‘I have to believe in it.’

When you get to work with a good director, an actor’s job gets reduced to half.

There are things that I would avoid, so I have the choice to say no, when I feel I’m repeating myself too much. But then there could be a reason to do that with a good director. So I think actors have to have a loose philosophy.

I think a good director is a good listener.

I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn’t answer them for you.

The combo of a great story and good director works for me.

I’ve seen what a difference a good director can make to an actor’s performance.

I didn’t know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called ‘Cold Around the Heart.’ Nobody saw it, and it didn’t turn out the way I wanted to.

I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn’t mean you’re going to be a good director.

I think any performing artist can do films, or, as a matter of fact, anybody out there in the street can be a film actor with no experience whatsoever if you’ve got a good director.

Due to God’s grace and a good director, I became successful.

An actor is only a part of the film, not the whole, and very often, he is moulded by the director. That is why a good director can make so much difference to a film.

There are certainly better writers and directors than me, but I have worked very hard to earn credibility within the business as a quality writer and a good director.

In order to be a good director, you also need to be a good entrepreneur because the director is in charge of everything and everyone on the sets.

If the project has good writing and is something I get excited about, then I’ll do the role. And if it’s for TV, I’ll ask myself, ‘Is it a show that I’d watch?’ If it’s a play or movie, I’ll want to know if there’s a good director attached.

Farah ma’am is so technically strong. She is such a good director and one of the most fun directors.

I won the Oscar for ‘Raging Bull’ for those fight sequences. If you look at those fight sequences, those were so incredibly storyboarded and shot in an incredible way – that is the conception a good director has to bring.

I’ve been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn’t make you a good director.

I love Rob Zombie. Rob’s just a dude, you know? He’s an artist, but he’s a regular guy, down to earth. And he’s a damned good director, too, and a lot of fun to work with.

I’ve been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn’t make you a good director.

Any good director, and I’ve worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly.

I worked with Roger Moore on three episodes of ‘The Saint.’ He is a lovely man, a good director, and was my favourite actor to work with.

A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

I think what makes a good actor’s director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

There are definitely reasons to do certain things, but I like to stick to good director, good actor, good script.

A good director has to be a captain – he has to work with a lot of people every day.

When I meet a good actor, I would like to be a director. When I meet a good director, I would like to be an actor. When there is a good script, I would like to be both a director and an actor. The switch is very natural, not intentional.

I’m a great bum, and I’m a pretty good director.

You never learn to act in front of a camera. You never learn anything in front of a camera. But you learn to act in a rehearsal room with a good play and a good cast and a good director.

When you have a good director, it’s just wonderful.

Somebody who likes to do my plays is a good director for them.

I’m just trying to find a good project. Work with a good director, someone I really admire. Find a good role.

I didn’t know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called ‘Cold Around the Heart.’ Nobody saw it, and it didn’t turn out the way I wanted to.

A director is the captain of the ship; he gets the vision of the film much before anyone else can. While I want to experiment with characters, I know a good director means I am in safe hands.

A good director is not an expert in anything in particular. A good director just knows a little bit about everything.

I think any performing artist can do films, or, as a matter of fact, anybody out there in the street can be a film actor with no experience whatsoever if you’ve got a good director.

I’d love to do a Michel Gondry film. That would be ideal! I’d love to do an Almodovar film; you know, I think he’s very, very talented. I don’t care that people say he’s pretentious. So what? He’s a good director; he can be pretentious.

For me, it’s important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

A good project but a poor director will always make a mediocre film, but an average script and good director can make a good film, as he will put in everything to make the film look good.

I’m a great bum, and I’m a pretty good director.

I guess people feel that if you’re working with good directors and are known in the Hindi film industry, then you won’t work in South films. However, I believe that films have no boundaries of language, religion, or cast. If it’s a good script and a good director, I can do a film in Spanish as well.

A good project but a poor director will always make a mediocre film, but an average script and good director can make a good film, as he will put in everything to make the film look good.

Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director’s hat is only trying to justify his position.

A good director is like a good coach. You want to play for him. You want to really show him your good stuff. You don’t want to let that person down. Ridley Scott is one of those guys.

A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

A good director has to be a captain – he has to work with a lot of people every day.

It is true that I got recognition. But however good the comedies are, nobody will accept a good comedy director as a good director. That is the sad part of it. Nobody knows who directed the ‘Laurel and Hardy’ movies. They know only Laurel and Hardy. Directors will never get a good name if they direct a comedy film.

I’d love to do a Michel Gondry film. That would be ideal! I’d love to do an Almodovar film; you know, I think he’s very, very talented. I don’t care that people say he’s pretentious. So what? He’s a good director; he can be pretentious.