Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
A lot of actors aren't particularly good directors. And they're not particularly good with other actors. That's kind of a fallacy.
Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment.
Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.
Obviously, if a director doesn't communicative a clear, relevant vision of the material, it will not succeed no matter how good the material.
How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.
A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again.
Directors who turn into big babies and shut out criticism stop learning.
I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director.
I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-actor.
When I'm on a picture, I have two bosses - the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss.
The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors.
You never want to be the director who dropped the ball, you know?
As an action director, I always try to bring something fresh and new.
Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
I remained a member of the section till 1947, becoming Director in 1946.
I guess I like a lot of directors. Or at least I try to.
I think most co-directors and co-writers just hold hands.
The director in TV and the writer and the creator are working very much hand in hand.
As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors.
