Director Quotes
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Vicky Donor or Madras Caf, John's films have been path-breaking. I have full faith in the script of my movie, and my director, too, is a debutante. I like the conviction with which they work, and that gives me a lot of confidence.
Harshvardhan Rane
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When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with.
Tom Cruise
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I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.
Jonah Hill
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Any good movie is filled with secrets. If a director doesn't leave anything unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture's unsaid, it's a lousy picture. If a picture is good, it's mysterious, with things unsaid.
Ernst Lubitsch
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As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.
Mike White
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I tend to ... if I decide to do a job, want to be able to trust my director...
Charlize Theron
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As an actor you don't control the end result. Because you're a director, you get to control the end result. I think for us, we really have to show up and participate and give. And then let go.
Nicole Kidman
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You have to be willing to be manipulated in the first place because you can either recognize that in your director and then fight it because you don't trust them, but I'm not going to let them manipulate me. Or you think they're on to something and that they're manipulating something out of you which is interesting and new.
Heath Ledger
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As a director you have to - you don't have the option of saying, "I'm not watching this."
Natalie Portman
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If I'm a director and I read a script and I say yeah I really want to do this, I would never walk away because the deal wasn't very good - that I wasn't getting paid very much or that the chances that I would see anything on the back end were remote because of the financial waterfall and the way it's structured. I would never use that as a reason not to do something.
Steven Soderbergh
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As a director, I have the greatest job in the world, but if I don’t push the boundaries, then what’s the point of having it?
Casey Neistat
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When Chris Nolan is your director you are like, "I trust that, I'm wrong."
Anne Hathaway
