Director Quotes
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I have a side of me that doesn't care. I really enjoy physical comedy, thinking of an idea and pitching it to the director.
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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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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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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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Were I not married to the director, I'm not sure I'd know anything about the 'Underworld' sequel.
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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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In 1952, I was appointed Professor at the University of Bonn and Director of the Physics Institute, with very good students waiting for a thesis advisor.
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One would hope that you would have a CBO director who does not let ideology get in the way of making good estimates, [Congress] values having a credible institution that they can rely on to give them the best estimates possible.
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A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.
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It is so great to go to a casting director and have them wanting to talk about the show that you are in. It's such a great icebreaker. It just makes the environment so much more relaxed.
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He went to every fund-raising meeting vouching for a first-time feature director and first-time screenwriter. It was Phil who said, 'I believe in them; you need to trust me.
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On 'Glee,' the director can be like, 'Hey, your face is looking a little too intense here.' And they can show me the screen, and I can be like, 'I know exactly what to do here.'
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I auditioned for Ted Bundy and the director Matthew Bright and we really hit it off. He cast me as Bundy's girlfriend.
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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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First, I have to read something and find it interesting and like the story. If I don't understand it fully, but there is something in there that is interesting, then it takes a director to convince me. If he can't do that, then I don't go with it. It doesn't matter where the project comes from.
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I got into acting as a young child on account of a sort of arbitrary thing. A friend of my mom's was a casting director, so really, as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.
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The cinematographer's basically translating the director's vision into imagery.
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When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.
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I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.
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Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.
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It never crossed my mind to be a director, and I'll tell you why: because I'm a woman. It just didn't occur to me, but I knew I had to be in film.
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Just someone trying to shoot in 70mm deserves the nomination, and he Quentin Tarantino is shooting interiors, like tight interior shots, for that matter. Obviously Quentin is the director and demanding the shots, but all credit for the beauty of that film Hateful Eight goes to the director of photography.
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There has to be proper supervision. The director might expect a dog to jump from a height of six feet. We can't play with the lives of our livelihood. We treat them like our children. The guidelines must be followed strictly.
