Directors Quotes - Page 15

• My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.

  Ivan Reitman

  Movie, Thinking, Careers

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• It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.

  Arthur Cohn

  Conviction, Figures, Our Time

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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.

  Judy Davis

  Mind, Killers, Terrain

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

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• I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium.

  Danny Elfman

  Psychics, Trying, Kind

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• And I just want to work with good directors and good people.

  Charlie Hunnam

  People, Want, Good People

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• I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor.

  Michael Ironside

  Actors, Storyteller

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• I've worked with a lot of great directors.

  Catherine Keener

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• I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.

  Amy Smart

  Challenges, Important, Roles

  "IGN For Men Interview: Amy Smart". Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. August 26, 2001.

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• When I came out here, my manager thought that casting directors might think I'm a girl, and when I did Threat Matrix, they thought Jamie was a little light.

  James Denton

  Girl, Thinking, Light

  "James Denton: Desperate Plumber". Interview with Dan Kapelovitz, kapelovitz.com. February 2005.

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• Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.

  Kathryn Bigelow

  Character, Simple, Filmmaking

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• I got an internship with the casting director of The Girl Next Door. I would hold the clipboard and help them in their casting sessions and get them lunch.

  Olivia Wilde

  Girl, Doors, Lunch

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• I'm actually one who will encourage directors to cut my lines.

  Stanley Tucci

  Encouragement, Cutting, Lines

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• As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally.

  Roger Corman

  Stronger, Littles, Producers

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• I never wanted to be a director.

  Albert Brooks

  Wanted

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• The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.

  Steve Buscemi

  Responsibility, Alex, Actors

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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.

  R. Lee Ermey

  Running, Space, Islands

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

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• I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul.

  Ava Gardner

  Inspirational, Motivational, Heart

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• A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.

  Elia Kazan

  People, Doe, Matter

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• Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.

  Spike Lee

  Photography, Looks, Costumes

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• The director, of course, was Bob Fosse. But again, I worked with my father to prepare for the role.

  Liza Minnelli

  Father, Roles, Bob

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• I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point.

  Sean Penn

  Actors, Excitement, Particular

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• I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right.

  Natalie Portman

  People, Stuff, Saws

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• I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.

  William Shatner

  Comedian, Entertainers, Performers

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• People have forgotten how to tell a story.

  Steven Spielberg

  Film Directing, People, Stories

  "One! the Book about Everything and Nothing!: Stories from One Male to All of You". Book by Chimie (p. 85), November 23, 2011.

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• And as a director, you make 1,000 decisions a day, mostly binary decisions: yes or no, this one or that one, the red one or the blue one, faster or slower. And it's the culmination of those decisions that define the tone of the film and whether or not it moves people.

  Jason Reitman

  Moving, Blue, People

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