Quotes of: Film-directors Keyword

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 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

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

I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I can't work like that.

Anthony Hopkins

When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch.

Luke Evans

You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

I am very clear that when I work with a director what he or she says is the last word.

Shahrukh Khan

When you agree to work with a filmmaker, it's important that you accept their world. It's an adventure. I like that. I throw myself into the director's arms, into their universe.

Tahar Rahim

That's a frustration sometimes, that certain directors that I'd like to work with, they just aren't doing stories that I'm sort of castable in. Not always, but sometimes I have that frustration.

Willem Dafoe

I was lucky to have my wife as the art director, and it turned out to be quite something - a great success. I'm very proud of it.

Helmut Newton

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in the country as expert testimony that my work is legitimate art.

Jock Sturges

The time to act is now! Somebody go get the Director.

99 Cents For Some Nonsense

If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire 'best director' category would be comprised of models. To me, that is just the most ludicrous connection that you could make.

Diablo Cody