Quotes of: Film-directors Keyword

I once gave a talk at a girls' school and, once I'd finished, 29 out of the 30 girls wanted to be film directors. I think that's where we need to get girls interested in making films. We need to give them the idea that they can, that it's one of the ...

Beeban Kidron

I really liked doing a number of the projects and directors, and etc., etc., I knew about half-way through that I would never be doing that again. It's just not me. I really am happy as a part-time film composer, not a full-time film composer.

Danny Elfman

There aren't many American directors here trying to direct a Japanese yakuza film. When you combine that with the fact that I don't speak much Japanese and this was an independent film I was financing myself - people were curious about what I was doi...

John Foster

Going forward, I would love to work with directors like Rian Johnson and Joss Whedon; people like that who are doing big films but do have really independent voices. That's kind of what I want to focus on, is always working with people with at least ...

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

'The Best Man' was my first feature film, and I didn't want to be known as a director who only does romantic comedies.

Melissa De Sousa

I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV.

Sally Kellerman

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

Satyajit Ray

The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor and the producer.

Kyle MacLachlan

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.

Donnie Yen

A British director directed 'American Beauty,' an important film about American life, and it didn't matter. What only mattered was everyone's sensibility.

Kevin Spacey

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

Aaron Johnson

I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.

Kristin Scott Thomas

There were many, many other 'Django' films following mine, with other actors and directors, but there is only one 'Django.'

Franco Nero

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

Christopher Eccleston

You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.

Clint Eastwood

I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general.

Joe Swanberg

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.

Jodie Foster

Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.

Jackie Chan

In film producing, there is an inherent tension between the director, the money and the producer, and that's what keeps it flowing and honest and accountable.

Christine Vachon

I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.

Ricky Jay

I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck with film school and theatrics.

James Brolin