Directors Quotes
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I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.
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I had no plans to be a director.
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I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my friends. I respect what Valentine's Day stands for because it is about love
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I've run into some S.O.B. directors, but I gave them back as good as I got.
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It's not often that you get a director, singing the praises of his executives.
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I've done so many movies with first-time directors, and honestly I just go with gut instinct. People that usually can tell me a good story, and talk to me about why the movie is the movie they want to make. I just go with my gut.
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There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it.
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The collages I never wanted to sell. I thought it was a very private thing, so I kept the collages. Then, in the end, I had a big collage in the Pinault Collection in Venice and the director of the Centre Pompidou said, "Did you make big collages like this in the '60s?" I said yes, so he came to the studio and said, "Let's make an exhibition in the Pompidou."
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The whole world of Game of Thrones was realized with such detail, with directors and writers who really geeked out and really loved all the little bits of it.
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Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.
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I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don't think that's the right way of making a decision about whether you're going to back a film or not.
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There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.
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Getting back in the directors chair - there's a sense of like doing something every year. It's not like riding a bike, you're always learning new things, you're gonna face new challenges and when you face new challenges you'll have an answer for them.
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I was lucky that I was getting exposed to a lot of different kinds of films, and I was liking them all. So it seemed logical to me that you could - as in the style of the studio directors of the 30s and 40s - jump from one genre to the next, with the same satisfaction.
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As Claude LeLouche said, his favorite American director is Sergio Leone. Not because I would be American, but because I was dealing with subject matter that an American could have just as easily dealt with.
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The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and to exercise taste and judgment in helping the actor give his best possible performance.
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There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking.
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Every time I was cast in a role, the director put a gun in my hand, so I figured I’d better learn how to use one. Then I found out I really liked it.
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Some directors are very free and some directors are very specific. It seemed like doing a play.
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It's very difficult to put together an independent movie and a lot of times people really don't hire casting directors for that. Instead, they look for people that they've seen in other movies or they're friends with.
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When you work with directors who really love actors, who love their contribution, it feels amazing. But sometimes when you work with directors, you feel like youre in the way.
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A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.
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As a director, my job is to protect. I protect scripts, actors, cameramen, designers.
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The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.
