Quotes of: Film-directors Keyword

The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable.

Trevor Nunn

An established film director can just pick up the phone and say to a star, 'Hey, are you interested in doing a commercial?'

Tony Scott

With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them.

Ken Adam

Director of any film is very important, and an actor has to leave himself in his hands to mould.

Leander Paes

I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.

Martin McDonagh

I feel comfortable with either digital or film - the director and the project should determine the course of choice.

Robert Richardson

I never wanted to be a film director but after this experience I really loved it. I would love to do more documentaries but it's difficult to find backing for them.

Marc Singer

My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone.

Jay Roach

David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy.

David Cross

I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that away by doing one big horrible big budget film.

Martin Compston

There's no big splashy renaissance in Italian films. We have good young actors and directors. What we lack are screenwriters. It's hard to write about Italy.

Valeria Golino

My first time playing a main character was in 'Seventeen Years.' It was directed by famous Sixth Generation director Zhang Yuan, but it wasn't a large commercial film.

Li Bingbing

I love doing film soundtracks and working with directors on how they want the scene to be portrayed on audio as opposed to visual. I like the collaborative effort of working with people.

Al Jourgensen

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. -Frank Zappa, composer, musician, film director (1940-1993)

Frank Zappa

The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never going to do as a director.

Edward Burns

Whereas with Sirk, everything is always filmed. No matter what the script, he's always a real director.

Jacques Rivette

In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now I'll be offered films in America. It's the encounter, with the director and the story that counts.

Jean Dujardin

As a director, my job is to spend money, and the producer's is to save money. Masoom, Bandit Queen and the first Queen Elizabeth have been my most uncompromised films.

Shekhar Kapur

I always believe that one can't interfere in another's work. Once I start work on any film, I surrender myself completely and blindly follow the director.

Mahesh Babu

Sometimes you see things in a script, and it doesn't necessarily mean the director sees the same things. And if you think you're going to be making a different film, then that's not gonna work.

Michael Sheen