Directors Quotes - Page 11

• And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.

  Gus Van Sant

  Movie, Inspiring, Thinking

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• The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor and the producer

  Kyle MacLachlan

  Hands, Editors, Play

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• I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors.

  Joe Pantoliano

  Three, Actors, Proud

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• Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.

  Faye Dunaway

  Firsts, Knows, Do You Know

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• But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director.

  Mel Smith

  Given, Given Up

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• It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.

  Jon Lovitz

  Fun, Laughing, Feel Good

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• Every director is so different from every other one.

  Peter Fonda

  Different

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• I think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess.

  Anthony Michael Hall

  Easter, Italian, Thinking

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• Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't

  Kathleen Turner

  Women, Should, Producers

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• Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

  Kenneth Anger

  People, Routine, Mail

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• I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.

  Dennis Farina

  Character, Trying, Shade

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• Good is the director who lets you do what you have to do.

  Marc Ribot

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• And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

  Robert Towne

  Thinking, Way, Comeback

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• Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so and say, Ok, that's it, we're done.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Years, Three, Done

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• My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.

  Edward Tufte

  Father, Government, Engineers

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• I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

  Christopher Eccleston

  Thinking, Theatre, Film And Television

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school. I didn't know what the point was. The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.

  David Fincher

  Movie, Education, School

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

  Helen McCrory

  Scripts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The challenge is not finding the attitude, but it's really just being open and willing to go for it and try different things, and having a director that you can trust. The attitude is not something that I intended or created.

  Chris Pratt

  Attitude, Challenges, Trying

  Source: collider.com

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• I believe in the truth of fairy-tales more than I believe in the truth in the newspaper.

  Lotte Reiniger

  Funny, Truth, Humorous

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• Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished, mature work seals its integrity.

  Robert McKee

  Integrity, Unfinished Work, Theatre

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• My job as an actor has inspired generations of children to become doctors. My job as a writer has opened up the minds of millions. My job as a director has produced masterpieces that will be taught in film school for ages.

  Zach Braff

  Jobs, Children, School

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  You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

  Alan Alda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Alan Alda's commencement speech at Connecticut College in New London, www.graduationwisdom.com. 1980.

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• It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

  Roberto Benigni

  Inspirational, Happiness, Thank You

  "Talking Shop At Oscar Time". Interview with Kenneth L. Woodward, www.newsweek.com. July 2, 1999.

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• Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens.

  Phylicia Rashad

  Inspirational, Birthday, Quilts

  "The Power and Solidarity of Women". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 09, 2016.

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