544 Quotes About Directors

A great director gives life to a work of art- gives it a heartbeat... a pulse... opens its eyes to the world.

That's what I love most about writers--they're such lousy actors.

(Stanley Kubrick) worked more like an essayist than a director.

I look at the world and I see absurdity all around me. People do strange things constantly, to the point that, for the most part, we manage not to see it.

The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.

That's the greatest sin a director can commit; to make a film simply because he wants to make a film.

Making a movie is like building a watch because a watch is so small and you only can fit so many things inside it that all the pieces really do need to work together.

Edward finds Elinor crying for her dead father, offers her his handkerchief and their love story commences. Ang [Lee] very anxious that we think about what we want to do. I'm very anxious not to do anything and certainly not to think about it.

Morris Weissman [on the phone, discussing casting for his movie]: "What about Claudette Colbert? She's British, isn't she? She sounds British. Is she, like, affected or is she British?