Quotes of: Film-directors Keyword

I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.

Oscar Isaac

After Star Trek, I was with the top agencies, but producers and directors did not know what to do with me.

Persis Khambatta

As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.

Sam Mendes

With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.

Taraji P. Henson

I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.

Keenen Ivory Wayans

There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.

Luke Evans

Personally I'm very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors.

Mark Mothersbaugh

I should mention that I am a member of the board of directors of Dimensional Fund Advisors.

Merton Miller

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

Michael Mosley

Movie making is really, it's a director's medium, it's not even so much an actor's medium.

Rebecca Romijn

By going to a preview, a director becomes insidiously infected by the process, so by the end of it, you're thinking, 'It may be a bit too long.'

Ridley Scott

As an actor, I had noticed very vividly that very few directors know how to direct actors because they haven't done it.

Robin Wright

As far as directors, I'm a big fan of any kind of Billy Wilder stuff. Anything he does.

Rob Zombie

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

Mark Rydell

The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a huge responsibility.

Nicholas Hoult

Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that director's vision.

Christine Vachon

A lot of directors in my experience are very receptive. They see what you do first, and then they want to find a place to put the camera, and they tweak you here and there.

Annette Bening

I'm only wanted by directors for the image I give off, and it makes me angry. I always wanted to be an actor and not a beauty pageant winner.

Jude Law

Some directors were brilliant in the silent era but never felt at home in sound. It's like a sculptor being forced to take up painting.

Kevin Brownlow

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.

Joe Wright

My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.

Sanaa Lathan