Directors Quotes - Page 8

• Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.

  Sam Waterston

  Heart, Play, Matter

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• I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.

  Jane Haddam

  Art, Years, Editors

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• If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

  Michael Caine

  Movie, Actors, Stage

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• So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals.

  Shirley Knight

  Hollywood, Dollars, Deals

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• A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.

  Douglas Sirk

  Hollywood, Wanted, My Time

  "The Essentials: Douglas Sirk", www.indiewire.com. April 26, 2013.

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• A lot of directors don't want the pressure of a movie the size of Pearl Harbor. But I love it. I thrive on it.

  Michael Bay

  Pearls, Want, Pressure

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

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• I have worked with some great directors.

  Dabney Coleman

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• If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always.

  Anne Archer

  Want, Broke, Producers

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• I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if I like the story.

  Elena Anaya

  Stories, Want, Scripts

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• Obviously in Art of Noise, I'm just part of the group, and when I do film scores, it's always in collaboration with the director and other people involved.

  Anne Dudley

  Art, People, Groups

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• If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The director says where the camera goes.

  Brad Dourif

  Artist, Two, Important

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.

  Maggie Gyllenhaal

  Believe, Artist, Important

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• Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him.

  Leon Askin

  Actors, Producers

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

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• I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a very talented director.

  Famke Janssen

  Jobs, Men, Two

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• You hope and pray that you'll get involved with a director that you understand and who has the same sensibility as you do and knows how to push you and bring out the best in you.

  Matthew Modine

  Praying, Get Involved, Knows

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• It was difficult every ten days having a new director. I'm a real collaborator and, as an actor, I want to be directed. It's hard for me to shift gears.

  Jeanne Tripplehorn

  Real, Gears, Actors

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• In choosing any role, I ask the same questions: what kind of part is it? is the role challenging? does the director have a vision? is the story moving? etc.

  Lukas Haas

  Moving, Challenges, Vision

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.

  Walter Hill

  Writing, Want, Direct

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• I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me.

  Elia Kazan

  Made

  Elia Kazan (2011). “Elia Kazan: A Life”, p.379, Knopf

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• The job of the director is to suggest two plus two. Let the viewer say four.

  Ernst Lubitsch

  Jobs, Two, Four

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• I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

  Harold Ramis

  Done, Claims, Percent

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• Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

  Lena Dunham

  Mean, Waiting, Stories

  "Lena Dunham’s Feminist Week: From SNL to SXSW" by Inkoo Kang, www.indiewire.com. March 11, 2014.

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• Feeling unsure and lost is part of your path. Don't avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it.

  Louis C. K.

  Editors, Feelings, Comedian

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• Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good.

  Akira Kurosawa

  Movie, Thinking, Film Directing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important.

  Robert Wise

  Truth, Reality, Thinking

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