544 Quotes About Directors

For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of.

It's often the case with directors that they don't like to share credit, which is the case of Stanley. He would prefer just A Film By Stanley Kubrick including music and everything.

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.

Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.

Rewriting isn't just about dialogue, it's the order of the scenes, how you finish a scene, how you get into a scene. All these final decisions are best made when you're there, watching. It's really enjoyable, but you've got to be there at the director's invitation. You can't just barge in and say, "I'm the writer."

Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging.

Directors are denied a great pleasure, which is that of being on stage.

I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.