“I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.” FeelsCharacterAsksAnswersDirectorsProvokingGood Directors Author:Crystal Reed
“Directing is exhausting, but not for the actual directing part, when you say "Action!" and give creative notes. As a director, the exhausting part is that you are a professional answer-machine.” GivingActionAnswersCreativeDirectorsMachinesNotesExhausting Author:Mindy Kaling
“The director makes the movie. The director has to have the story in their head, has to know the style of the piece, has to answer questions from actors, design, set, lighting, every department throughout the pre-production, production, and post-production, because they've got it in their mind. They've got to know exactly what they want and what the style and story of the movie is. It's them. They make it.” KnowsWantMindStoriesActorsAnswersPiecesStyleDesignDirectorsProductionsPostsDepartmentLightingPost Production Author:Jon Lovitz
“As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film, you need a good director and you need a good cinematographer.” NeedsFilmAnswersDirectorsVisualsCooperationGreat FilmGood DirectorsCinematographers Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I always used to associate good directors as being ones who are totally extreme and have an answer for everything and there are no loose ends.” EndsUsedAnswersDirectorsExtremesAssociatesGood DirectorsLoose Ends Author:Chris Lowell
“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.” WantJobsActorsRealizingAnswersDirectorsDo The BestBest Job Author:Jon Turteltaub