Directors Quotes - Page 6

Directors never give you anything.

Claudia Christian

Giving

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Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.

William H. Macy

Quarters, Harder, Paid

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Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.

Aaron Eckhart

Looks, Producers

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Clint Eastwood is an extraordinary director because he knows the value of a buck. He knows where it will show on the screen.

Angela Lansbury

Bucks, Shows, Extraordinary

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I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine.

Patricia Highsmith

Want, Movie Director, Mines

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As an artist, program directors always want to put you in a little box.

Angie Stone

Artist, Want, Littles

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In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is what makes drama feel real.

Paul Greengrass

Real, Drama, Acting

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If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in the country as expert testimony that my work is legitimate art.

Jock Sturges

Country, Art, Museums

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Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.

Ben Stiller

Parent, Comedian, Actors

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Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.

Alan Parker

People, Want, Littles

Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 2000.

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Many French directors, having now realised there was no more real criticism, that the standards of the past have gone, are very offended about the quality of film criticism.

Wim Wenders

Real, Past, Criticism

"Wim Wenders talks with WSWS: 'The culture of independent film criticism has gone down the drain'". Interview with Richard Phillips, www.wsws.org. January 10, 2000.

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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.

Sean Penn

Theatre, Excitement, Spending

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I get crushes on directors because they are so brilliant.

Dorothy Malone

Crush, Brilliant, Brilliant Ideas

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

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Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

Todd Solondz

Actors

Interview with Sigrid Nunez, www.believermag.com. February 2005.

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I should mention that I am a member of the board of directors of Dimensional Fund Advisors.

Merton Miller

Boards, Should, Advisors

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Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more.

Wim Wenders

Criticism, One Day, Entertainment

"'The culture of independent film criticism has gone down the drain'". Interview with Richard Phillips, www.wsws.org. January 10, 2000.

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I don't even know if I can call myself a director.

Charles S. Dutton

Knows, Ifs, I Can

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All the directors that I've had the opportunity to work with are fantastic.

Will Friedle

Opportunity, Fantastic

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First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies, because I don't think it's any of my business.

John Frankenheimer

Thinking, Want, Firsts

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So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

John Frankenheimer

Assistants, Lasts, Seven

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When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.

Michael Pitt

Giving, Ego, Actors

"Q&A with 'Last Days' star Michael Pitt". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.tailslate.net. July 21, 2005.

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I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

Harry Hamlin

Character, Play, Actors

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All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

Charlie Chaplin

Funny, Girl, Humor

My Autobiography ch. 10 (1964)

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If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.

Julie Andrews

Embarrassing, Scene, Can Do

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I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.

Jacqueline Bisset

Ideas, Preparation, Done

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