Director Quotes

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
James Allen

Life, Soul, Later

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
Sun Tzu

Point, Fate, Mysterious

Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me when the director says, 'One tear, right now,' that one tear would pop out.
Marilyn Monroe

Human, Control, Creative

There's people constantly asking you for something on set, so the multi-tasking of motherhood transfers very well to being a director. And I think you're compassionate.
Angelina Jolie

Motherhood, Asking, Constantly

Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.
James Cameron

Everything, Friends, Small

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
James Dean

Acting, Anyone, Actor

The stories that I want to tell, especially as a director, don't necessarily have a perfect ending because, the older you get, the more you appreciate a good day versus a happy ending. You understand that life continues on the next day; the reality of things is what happens tomorrow.
Drew Barrymore

Life, Good, Happy

I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'
David Duchovny

Love, Good, Down

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.
Alfred Hitchcock

God, Films, Feature

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director - who were just fun.
Steve Martin

Funny, Good, Fun

Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view.
Steven Spielberg

Destiny, Sometimes, Talent

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

Parents, Said, Wanted

The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true.
Hedy Lamarr

Success, True, Sleep

When I grow up, I still want to be a director.
Steven Spielberg

I am a very impatient director.
Steven Spielberg

If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer.
Steven Spielberg

Film, Weren, Composer

And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director.
Steven Spielberg

May, Often, Question

In the re-creation of combat situations, and this is coming from a director who's never been in one, being mindful of what these veterans have actually gone through, you find that the biggest concern is that you don't look at war as a geopolitical endeavor.
Steven Spielberg

War, Through, Find

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

Writer, Performer, Comedian

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.
William Shatner

Both, Creatively

A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
Kevin Bacon

Good, Actor, Fly

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.
Billy Wilder

Policeman, Midwife

The best director is the one you don't see.
Billy Wilder

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.
Drew Barrymore

Love, Sleep, Writing

When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with.
Tom Cruise

Work, Hard, Everyone

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn

Hand, Golden, Egg

I do my best to hold the director's opinion above my own.
Jeff Bridges

Best, Opinion, Hold

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
Alfred Hitchcock

Made, Looking, Body

There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.
Martin Scorsese

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Life, Everything, Around

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