Director Quotes

On set I keep myself to myself; I’d rather the director speak up. I’m not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who’s driving it.

Nine times out of ten, I’m trying to meet someone else’s expectations, whether it’s the director or the writer or the animator

Paris is the playwright’s delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor’s city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.

She’s got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine her being mildly useful to a low-rank porn director.

My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think you’ve gotten some approval for them.

Paris is the playwright’s delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor’s city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.

My parents said, Oh, he’s going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.

My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.

I don’t come to work as an actor. There are many directors who can direct without ever having acted and do a great job and connect with their actors and lead them to excellent performances without themselves having had an acting background.