Directors Quotes - Page 11

• I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors.

  Joe Pantoliano

  Three, Actors, Proud

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• Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.

  Faye Dunaway

  Firsts, Knows, Do You Know

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• I think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess.

  Anthony Michael Hall

  Easter, Italian, Thinking

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• That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Funny, Witty, Gratitude

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• And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.

  Gus Van Sant

  Movie, Inspiring, Thinking

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  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

  Stars, Sleep, Men

  Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”

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• It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.

  Jon Lovitz

  Fun, Laughing, Feel Good

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• Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

  Ang Lee

  Writing, Kind

  "Ang Lee and James Schamus". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2000.

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• Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't

  Kathleen Turner

  Women, Should, Producers

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• Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

  Kenneth Anger

  People, Routine, Mail

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• Good is the director who lets you do what you have to do.

  Marc Ribot

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• Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so and say, Ok, that's it, we're done.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Years, Three, Done

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• My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.

  Edward Tufte

  Father, Government, Engineers

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• After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind.

  John Ratzenberger

  Children, Breathing, Mind

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• I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan.

  Donnie Yen

  Japan, Festivals, Aikido

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• One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.

  Jessica Savitch

  Tired, Musical, News

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school. I didn't know what the point was. The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.

  David Fincher

  Movie, Education, School

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

  Helen McCrory

  Scripts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The challenge is not finding the attitude, but it's really just being open and willing to go for it and try different things, and having a director that you can trust. The attitude is not something that I intended or created.

  Chris Pratt

  Attitude, Challenges, Trying

  Source: collider.com

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• I believe in the truth of fairy-tales more than I believe in the truth in the newspaper.

  Lotte Reiniger

  Funny, Truth, Humorous

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• My job as an actor has inspired generations of children to become doctors. My job as a writer has opened up the minds of millions. My job as a director has produced masterpieces that will be taught in film school for ages.

  Zach Braff

  Jobs, Children, School

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• Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished, mature work seals its integrity.

  Robert McKee

  Integrity, Unfinished Work, Theatre

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• You can truly grieve for every officer who's been lost in the line of duty in this country, and still be troubled by cases of police overreach.

  Jon Stewart

  Respect, Country, Regret

  "Jon Stewart To Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade: ‘F—k You’" by Catherine Taibi, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2014.

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• I hate the word 'production'...it's a ceremony, it's a ritual...you should go out of the theatre stronger and more human than when you went in.

  Ariane Mnouchkine

  Inspirational, Hate, Theatre

  "Ariane Mnouchkine and the Théâtre du Soleil: a life in theatre". Interview with Andrew Dickson, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2012.

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• God may allow us at times to hit rock bottom, to show us He's the rock-at the bottom.

  Kirk Franklin

  God, Christian, Religious

  Twitter post from Apr 22, 2012

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