Director Quotes
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Every time a Hollywood director shoots a film about Africa that features a Western protagonist, I shake my head - because Africans, real people though we may be, are used as props in the West's fantasy of itself.
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I'm a believer in trusting the 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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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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I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I've never been any good at it. But I really wanted to work with the director Tim Carroll and Mark Rylance.
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As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.
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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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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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My work as an actor is limited by the voice of the director and the writing.
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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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(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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The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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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 fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.
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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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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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Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing.
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Every casting director I've met is a woman.
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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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My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of ceremonies.
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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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I wanted to be a director and producer and writer, but in the early '40's the union wouldn't let you get through the gates. You couldn't get on a crew, or even learn to direct.
