We definitely have to support other female directors because there's not enough of us.
I once literally had a casting director ask my agent, 'Can she play anything other than a drunk?'
Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.
I believe the director's primary role is to create an atmosphere where his company can be created.
Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.
Oh, well, in Los Angeles everybody is an actor, or a producer, or a writer, or a director, or an agent, or... So everybody understands the hours.
I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all.
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.
My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.
I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.
In Kurdistan, there's a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made me a director.
You can't just go in there and open your mouth until the cast and director feel comfortable with you.
I am a fan of the monster and horror genre but that's not my style as a director.
Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they're a better actor than you.
The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions.
It is in the consideration of Love as the director of your behavior, that all the laws of any religion are fulfilled.
I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!
When I'm playing as an actor, I don't want to interfere at all with the director. I'm just an actor. I'm totally respectful.
Theatre is really difficult, so it's important that you have a director that kind of understands that and is really hands on.
When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.
Yet as a director, I don't feel you have to identify with your characters as a requirement to make a movie.
