Quotes of: Directors Keyword

I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss.

Georg Solti

Horror movies, man, the blood entails so much time. And horror movies are not fun; definitely not starting there as a director. Definitely not horror.

Corey Haim

I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role.

Elle Macpherson

As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people's lives and how they intertwine.

Jodie Foster

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

Noah Baumbach

I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.

Sean Penn

I'm not the kind of actress who asks a lot of questions of my directors unless it's something I really need to know.

Amy Adams

If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always.

Anne Archer

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 Cumming

I have only one rule in acting--trust the director, and give him heart and soul.

Ava Gardner

I think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess.

Anthony Michael Hall

Obviously with the onset of cable and satellite, there are more opportunities for programming and original programming, so it creates more opportunities for actors and producers and directors and everything.

Anthony Michael Hall

I think that in order to be a film director, one has to be a warrior who shouldn't be defeated by the daily onslaught of problems.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I will argue my points; I will have my opinions. But at the end of the day, it's the director's choice.

Amy Irving

I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

Austin Nichols

You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do.

Andy Serkis

Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied.

Bruce Beresford

Some directors have just one way of working; you either have to adhere to it or you don't.

Bradley Cooper

If my favourite director gives me a role that is very sparkly? A very brilliant character? I'll do it.

Bae Doona

Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.

Vera Farmiga

As an actress you can participate, you can be a co-author, help the director. But I always wanted to be able to make the big decisions.

Valeria Golino