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've always noticed a difference between working with a director and working with a writer/director. In how much they're invested and how specific they are.
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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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My work as an actor is limited by the voice of the director and the writing.
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The audience has always been my best director.
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A lot of the stuff that's happening now, I can trace back to 'Death of a Salesman.' Francine Maisler, the casting director, saw 'Death of a Salesman' and called me in for 'Unbroken.' The casting director of 'Normal Heart' had seen 'Salesman' too. I look back on it now, and it's like one thing led to another; it was a chain reaction.
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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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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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Krishna Vamsi is a very good director.
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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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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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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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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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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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(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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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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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.
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If you create a movie that is only character driven, with a weak plot, then you - as a director, you have to make sure you keep pushing the tempo.
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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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Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing.
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Whenever I'm in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and say, 'You know what: my dad's a really, really famous theatre director,' because nobody has any idea.
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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.
