Directors Quotes - Page 25

• I'm at the mercy of others because I'm not a director. I'm not a producer. I'm not a writer.

  Julianne Moore

  Mercy, Producers

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I love watching audiences scream. I imagine it's the same joy that a director feels who has made a comedy when he or she is sitting at the back of a theater listening to the audience laugh. That sound of laughter is so sweet to a comedy director and that's exactly how a horror film feels when you hear the audience scream.

  Leigh Whannell

  Sweet, Laughter, Laughing

  Source: collider.com

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• It's incredibly easy as a director to be egotistical. Of course, it is because you have 200 people on set every day listening to your every word and whatever you say goes, and that can be slightly corrupting. And actually, to be a good director, you have to take ego out of it, because hopefully what you've done is surrounded yourself with brilliant people. Let them be brilliant and you just shepherd that and marshal that and hopefully guide it however you can, but definitely not to the extent that you're overbearing.

  Dan Mazer

  People, Ego, Listening

  Source: collider.com

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• We knew, very early on, that we had to be very, very clear that directors need to speak to actors and actresses and be very clear about what is expected, and find out whether they're comfortable with that. Wardrobe has to be in place. There have to be checks.

  Michael Sheen

  Needs, Actors, Actresses

  Source: collider.com

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• To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie.

  Peter Sarsgaard

  Doe, Tone

  Source: collider.com

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• I like working with a first time director. I'm more likely to work with a first time director than I am a second time director.

  Peter Sarsgaard

  Firsts, First Time

  Source: collider.com

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• A big thing for me is trusting the director, so I don't need to watch playback. I feel like the director is gonna tell me whether it's right or not.

  Juno Temple

  Needs, Watches, Bigs

  Source: collider.com

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• I am not interested in simply working as a director. If I am not making movies that I want to make, that I feel passionate about, or that I feel are hopefully at the level of cinematic quality that I feel they should be then I am not really that interested.

  Brad Furman

  Quality, Passionate, Levels

  Source: collider.com

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• Definitely my favorite cut is the one that got put out. That's my favorite version of the film, the one that I put in theaters. That's my directors cut, there's no question about it.

  Fede Alvarez

  Cutting, Film, My Favorite

  Source: collider.com

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• I like the conscious manipulation that a great director can have. When you're both complicit in the manipulation of an emotion.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Manipulation, Emotion, Conscious

  "10 Years After 'Brokeback,' Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers Heath Ledger: "Way Beyond His Years as a Human"". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 25, 2015.

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• Again, I want to give credit where credit is due to our voice director, Collette Sunderman, who is someone that works out an incredible juggling act. I refer to it as juggling cats with vertigo, and the cats don't have vertigo, but the juggler has vertigo.

  Jeph Loeb

  Cat, Voice, Giving

  Source: collider.com

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• It felt really nice to not have anybody talking about numbers, and no one is talking about ratings. From my experience, it felt like there was one person running the ship and it felt like there was space for Jenji to be at the helm. That's not what I've experienced in television before. It felt more akin to an interesting movie, where there were producers who were really excited by the work and wanted to make space for the director's vision to be sort of shared with an audience. It felt more cohesive.

  Taylor Schilling

  Running, Nice, Talking

  Source: collider.com

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• On a lot of shows that I've done, we had the same directors, which was cool. But then, it's also great to do shows where the director changes every week because you get to see all these different personalities and see what you like dealing with better, as an actor. But, Jodie was amazing.

  Laura Prepon

  Personality, Different, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• I would say it was the directors. We have to give credit to the directors for this, because in the script, we just said, "Gru's Minions do this or do that" in the initial draft. And then, they came up with the characters' design and the philosophical concept of the Minions. And then, we started writing to that. We have to give a lot of credit to them.

  Cinco Paul

  Philosophical, Writing, Character

  Source: collider.com

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• The headmistress was a very well-respected theater teacher. She taught me what stage left and stage right were, what a director was, and what all these things meant, which was something I had no concept of. She sent me off to drama school, at age 18, and I stayed there for three years. Before I knew it, I was working on a TV show.

  Robert Kazinsky

  Teacher, Drama, School

  Source: collider.com

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• I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.

  Guillermo del Toro

  Common, Produce

  Source: collider.com

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• If you don't take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.

  Guillermo del Toro

  Partnership, Intimate, Producers

  Source: collider.com

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• When you work with a great director, you can have a great partnership.

  Guillermo del Toro

  Partnership

  Source: collider.com

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• As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.

  Guillermo del Toro

  Cutting, Finals, Firsts

  Source: collider.com

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• With every movie I produce, I learn something. I watch the directors. It's like the relationship you have with your children. I'm there to learn from my daughters. They are the perfect spirits.

  Guillermo del Toro

  Daughter, Children, Perfect

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

  Skrillex

  Strange

  "Skrillex Talks About the Making of His Sci-Fi Psychological Thriller 'Red Lips' Video". Interview with Jeremy Gordon, pitchfork.com. November 30, 2015.

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• I've never wanted to be a fireman, in my life. I've never really wanted to grow up and be anything other than a film director.

  David Gordon Green

  Growing Up, Film, Fireman

  Source: collider.com

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• There's a bunch of directors that I really admire, and Australian ones as well. It would be nice to do a film at home.

  Mia Wasikowska

  Nice, Home, Would Be

  Source: collider.com

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• I hope, my career is never predictable. And my interests are diverse in that way. I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want to direct. And then when I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig. And I've made it very clear that I'm interested in voiceover work. I mean, I'm always looking for voiceover gigs. I love that.

  Lake Bell

  Mean, Responsibility, Writing

  "Actress Lake Bell, first female voice of Apple ads, is taking over Hollywood one project at a time". Interview with Jason Guerrasio, www.businessinsider.com. November 30, 2015.

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• As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. That's the point of my commentaries. It's so difficult because you're the harshest critic.

  David Slade

  Want, Difficult, Critics

  Source: collider.com

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