Quotes about Film Directors

Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast. Votes: 4

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves. Votes: 4

I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires. Votes: 4

A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them. It looks like cunning, but you try to get extra things from them all the time, by stealth, by making them feel confident, so they trust you and you can push a bit. Votes: 4

I never want to make a film. I don't wake up in the morning going, 'Ooh, I'd really love to be on set making a film today'. I'm aware that other contemporary film directors perceive film-making as what they do, as what they have to do. But I would hope that I am more catholic in my tastes. Votes: 4

A good [film] director is talented, imaginative, and does his homework. Votes: 2

The record producer is the music world's equivalent of a film director. Votes: 2

With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them. Votes: 2

A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people. Votes: 2

All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose. Votes: 2

I guess you could say I'm like a film director but my movies have only one frame. Votes: 2

You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director. Votes: 2

As a film director I like to have the actors create their own close-ups. It's an older style of filmmaking. Votes: 2

The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I'm pretty much a character-driven film director and my movies are smaller. I don't do a lot of coverage. I use lots of master shots. Votes: 2

All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own importance. Votes: 2

I didn't even know what a film director was. To me, Charlie Chaplin was a goofy clown, and John Ford - what? Never heard of him. Votes: 2

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him. Votes: 2

Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come until the premiere and the thing is all long done. Votes: 2

I always felt more like a girl than a boy, I don't know. Music was very important to me, movies were not important. I was not dreaming of becoming a film director. Votes: 2

I think that too often we, film directors, think that a big epic novel and feature film are the same. It's a lie. A feature film is much closer to a short story actually. Votes: 2

The profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being. Votes: 2

It never occurred to me to be a film director, partly because I hadn't seen a single film by a female director, but I liked the idea of being a writer moving to Hollywood and being unhappy; that sounded romantic and fabulous to me. Votes: 2

Whenever I've been asked to be in a film, directors only want me to play myself... I'm fascinated by the thought of being an actor, but it's too hard. And I think Shakespeare-which has been suggested to me-might be a bit of a stretch. Votes: 2

It's not that much of a difference. Basically, your job is the same as a film director. It's a triangle between creativity, money, and time. But they don't really change. You're ultimately trying to get the most creativity and time with the money that you have. Votes: 2

I once gave a talk at a girls' school and, once I'd finished, 29 out of the 30 girls wanted to be film directors. I think that's where we need to get girls interested in making films. We need to give them the idea that they can, that it's one of the things on their horizon. Votes: 2

There needs to be more film directors of colour. They bandy about the word 'diversity' a lot, but when I say 'of colour,' I mean Asian, black - I mean people of all colour. We need to have those voices given the opportunity, not told that their films will not be distributed or will not sell well abroad. Votes: 2

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors. Votes: 1

No two directors make the same film the same way. Votes: 0

A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors. Votes: 0

For film, I audition just like everyone else, because it's a different set of casting directors. Votes: 0

Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there. Votes: 0

On a film set, we're all glorified troubleshooters, really, as directors. It's not if a problem arises. It's when. Votes: 0

When you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980. Votes: 0

Is there something in druggy subjects that encourages directors to make imitation film noir? Film noir itself becomes an addiction. Votes: 0

People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film. Votes: 0

I've been in so many bad movies and worked with so many bad directors that I go into a film expecting nothing. Votes: 0

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is. Votes: 0

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors. Votes: 0

Directors are like generals, political dictators, aggressive people...And everyone in the film is always grateful if you can tell them what to do. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Sexism is real and it persists in film and television. I've seen female directors openly undermined by male cinematographers in front of the entire crew Votes: 0

I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the film. They're replaced. Votes: 0

I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that away by doing one big horrible big budget film. Votes: 0

Blood City III: The Massacre. I'd read the summary of it online, and frankly, it sounded like the directors had just decided to film my life. Votes: 0

A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them. Votes: 0

This man (Bergman) is one of the few film directors-perhaps the only one in the world-to have said as much about human nature as Dostoevsky or Camus. Votes: 0

Editing a film is always a question of time, and the director. I've worked with a lot of directors who don't mind my involvement. They appreciated it. Votes: 0

I know a lot of directors have a whole staff of people trying to find their next film for them. I always just end up writing mine. Votes: 0

Peter Chelsom and Edgar Wright are totally different directors and worlds apart, but both really accomplished directors who are certain of how they want to make a film. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person. Votes: 0

There's no such thing as "an auteurist filmmaker." Every film directors is an auteur. We only make films that we do because we cannot put on clothes that don't fit us. Votes: 0

I come from the theater, so for me rehearsal is vital and a way of life. There are many film directors who don't believe in it and some actors who prefer not to rehearse. Votes: 0

Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers. Votes: -1