Directors Quotes

You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're able to finesse performances out of you that a lot directors can't get. Ian Somerhalder
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I want all my films to look distinctly different, like some other directors I admire. But in a way, I can't really take myself completely out of the movies I make. Imtiaz Ali
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Companies the size of PepsiCo is like running a little republic, there is no question about it. The only difference is that I don't have to worry about the media hounding me every day, on every word that I say. I have a board of directors that runs the country in the interest of the stake holders. Indra Nooyi
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I always say that in my career as an actress, I've always worked with people like David Lynch or Guy Maddin or Peter Weir who are considered not mainstream directors and that could be because they are like my dad. They are pioneers, and pioneers, by definition, invent something new. Isabella Rossellini
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I had many, many mentors that I worked with. Music teachers, choir directors, directors in summer stock or in regional theater. You know, people I was able to work with repeatedly and learn from who were really sort of appropriate people for me to work with at a given time in my development as an actor. J. K. Simmons
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They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't. Jacki Weaver
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Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers. Jackie Chan
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I don't know myself why directors are offering me negative roles, although I did 'Yaddein' after 'Mission Kashmir' in which I played a very positive character, but people don't remember that. Jackie Shroff
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I can work with both the old, revered filmmakers and new directors. It is amazing how they see me in their world, and then I adapt accordingly. Jackie Shroff
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When you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980. Jacques Rivette
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I'll say this, I'm no stranger to working with a foreign cast, foreign directors, that sort of thing. I love it, because I think that when you have people from different countries, it sort of brings everyone together, it's more of a worldly film. Jaimie Alexander
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I prefer to work with first-time directors. Jake Johnson
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People wonder why first-time directors can make a brilliant picture, then suck on the second one. It's because they're a little terrified the first time. So they listen to all the experts around them. James Caan
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I was very fortunate in the '70s to work with the best actors, the best directors, the best cinematographers. James Caan
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I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual opportunities of the scene when we had put things in front of them as opportunities. Set pieces, props and so on. James Cameron
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Coming from the industry and maintaining contacts with producers and directors, I am very well aware that costs associated with movie production are a major factor in determining where films get made. James Costos
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I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors. James Denton
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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
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There are younger directors, and anybody over 30 is ancient to them, because they're not that old. James Garner
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As an actor, you can go in, and you give your best performance, but if you hand that performance to ten different directors and ten different editors, you get ten different movies. James Marsden
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For some reason, it seems like pop writers, it's like they just get worse or something over time. And then you're really jealous of movie directors whose careers seem to grow and they'll be 70 years old and still doing these incredible jobs. I'm going to reverse that, I hope. James Mercer
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The casting directors that were aware of 'The Real World' looked at me as a joke. It was so hard to get away from that. Jamie Chung
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The parameters are such that I don't get offered a lot of work. I'm sure most directors hear my list of don'ts and say forget it. Jamie Lee Curtis
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To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision. Jane Campion
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I feel that directors at times are like the janitors on the set. I am the secretary, I am the organizer, I am the maid, and I ask if they have eaten or rested. The best things are always out of your control. It's those moments that surpass the imagination that are thrilling. Jane Campion
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Honestly, I think most directors are about, 'Let's do the most fun and effective thing here and figure out how afterwards.' Jane Goldman
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