Director Quotes
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Krishna Vamsi is a very good director.
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I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.
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I'm a believer in trusting the director.
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The curse of comic book adaptations, when I was younger, was that the director or producer would go, "Don't worry about it, it's just a comic book."
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I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something.
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The audience has always been my best director.
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A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.
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As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.
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The problem with independent films is that they can be hit or miss. I've seen scripts that have blown me away. But there have to be all the right ingredients in place to make them work: the director, cast, publicity, distribution.
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(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or a line.
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When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.
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The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.
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There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on a Black writer's book that everybody is going to be Black.
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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.
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My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of ceremonies.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Every casting director I've met is a woman.
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Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing.
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My work as an actor is limited by the voice of the director and the writing.
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I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running.
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If a director brings a guy to their movie who does improv, they've got to let him do what he does - otherwise it's like bringing Michael Jordan to your basketball team and telling him to just pass the ball and don't shoot.
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One has the responsibility to oneself, to the writer, director and the people who put up the money, to put out the best of what one has experienced and understood about the human condition as it relates to the role one has been hired to portray.
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I've definitely become more aware and conscious of what directors I'm working with because it's so important. The director is really more than half the battle of the film. You really rely on that. That's become really, really important to me, for sure.
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The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.
