Directors Quotes

I had no natural gift to be anything - not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a painter of garden porches - not anything. So I've worked really hard, because nothing ever came easily to me.

Paul Newman
- Actors
- Garden
- Athlete
I like bold directors. I like directors that go against the norm in a way.

Nicole Kidman
- Way
- Directors
- Bold

It's strange - some directors are really talented but they can be so precious when it comes to letting you be a part of it.

Sonny John Moore
- Strange
- Directors
I'm trying to work only with established, respected directors. I took a lot of bad scripts and worked for a lot of lazy directors, and it was discouraging to go to the screenings and see that the director had added nothing, the editor had added nothing, there was nothing to see.

Michael Caine
- Trying
- Lazy
- Scripts
Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for me is if I feel a director hasn't noticed.

Cynthia Nixon
- Friends
- Actors
- Worst
I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

Michelangelo Antonioni
On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene, but you need them to also have that sense of fun and that sense of movement and that ability to get the actors to really respond to the material in the way that you want them to. It's a very big thing.

Adrian Hodges
I like working with directors because I'm really opinionated about what things work and may not work, what audiences like and may not like, (not really) but I do have opinions about things. I like to be able to say them and then have them acted on. The director who responds to me like that, always gets my appreciation. I do appreciate it. What I find is the best directors, no matter what kind of name they have, are like that.

Morgan Freeman
- Work
- Opinion
- Things