Directors Quotes - Page 60

I got offered to do Ben 10. Sue Blu was the [voice] director of that, and I had worked with her - I think she was on Transformers as well. And she was so great.

I don't think anyone can really make up their mind and say, Now I'm going to be a director.

There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors.

If you are a writer/director, the [movie] characters are a part of yourself.

As a director, you just have to kind of like just get through the first project before starting on the next one.

I think most directors subscribe to the principle that less is more, and the best direction is the most concise direction.

The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone.

I don't know, being able to work with Meth was pretty damn cool, but even that day, John, the director, gave me one of the best notes I've ever had. I walked into the scene just completely excited. I just couldn't believe I was going to work with Meth.

I need to gain a lot more experience. I think so much of being a director, other than the technical aspect and the artistry of it, is the confidence that you are, I think in many ways, you're the captain of the ship.

When I was a crusade director in British Columbia, all of our meetings were at 9:03. Somebody said 'That's ridiculous. Why did you do that?' It's because you remember it. You've never been to another 9:03 meeting.

When you're a producer or director, there's so much sweat that goes into any given project.

Actors can become very involved in a role, but for a director or producer, that's your life for many years.

The filmmaker should make it, and then the critic should interpret it, period. If the director goes in there and starts telling you exactly what to think, you have just completely slapped the audience in the face and not given them the opportunity to interest it, and that's terrible.

I will say that I'm going to take full credit for this. I knew Josh [Hutcherson] was going to be a star. One of the things you do, as a music video director, is spot talent. Th at's one of my things. I don't just do random people.

You want the film to be critically successful - you certainly want the film to be financially successful so that you can...well, because that's how movies like this are made, you know, they need to make money. But as a director, you can only make the movie that you want to make.

Every director is different. And all the movies are very different, and the characters are very different.

I wish that every director was as interested in doing as much in camera and with physical objects as much as possible as J.J. Abrams is.

After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work.

I think I'm a better director than I ever was an actor. I'd love to go back to acting, but nobody seems to want me.

I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the director. They have a lot of questions, and your job is to have answers.

I really love the experience of moving things around, in terms of being a director.

I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up.

No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen.

Writer-director John Roecker's debut, Live Freaky! Die Freaky! will have you convulsing on the floor ... with nausea, laughter, or both.