“Everybody just asks me 'Are you going to make Hollywood movies now?' First, I don't know. Second, I never dreamed about that; I just dreamed about making movies with Tarantino. So if I can make movies with a lot of amazing directors - yes.” IfsKnowsFirstsI CanAsksDirectorsHollywoodAsk MeTarantinoHollywood Movies Author:Melanie Laurent
“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
“In choosing any role, I ask the same questions: what kind of part is it? is the role challenging? does the director have a vision? is the story moving? etc.” KindDoeStoriesMovingAsksChallengesVisionRolesDirectorsEtc Author:Lukas Haas
“It's a lucky circumstance when you get to usher in new work, because you are able to ask the playwright and the director (who in a new work is always in dialogue with the playwright) an unlimited amount of questions.” AbleAsksAmountCircumstancesLuckyDirectorsDialogueUnlimitedPlaywrightNew Work Author:Gideon Glick
“As an actor, it's always important to understand what the director is after. That, to me, is my job. When I'm acting, I like to ask a lot of questions and understand exactly why the director is doing what they're doing, so that I can provide him or her with the ingredients that they need to get the scene that they want. It's not to challenge them, in any way. It's just so that I can do my job best.” WayWantNeedsI CanImportantJobsActorsAsksCan DoChallengesActingSceneDirectorsIngredients Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“The thing I absolutely hate is when directors don't know what they want, and then they ask you to do it this way, and then maybe that way, and maybe that way, because they haven't made up their minds what they want. So you're running around in circles trying to give them what they want.” KnowsWayWantGivingTryingMindMadeRunningHateAsksHavensDirectorsCircles Author:Diana Rigg
“I don't think I'd be a good director because people would ask me, you know, "What is it? What's going on here? Where should I put the camera?" Or, "What's my motivation?" And I would say, "Do whatever you want!"” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantShouldMotivationAsksDirectorsCamerasAsk MeShould IDo Whatever You WantGood Directors Author:Christopher Walken
“Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too. Now go ahead and ask me if I'm still Polish. You people keep asking me this question. You want Polish artists to make it in the world, but when they do, you accuse them of treason.” PeopleIfsWorldWantStillsArtistAsksDirectorsHollywoodEnglandAskingAsk MeGermanyPolishTreasonHitchcock Author:Roman Polanski
“One of the most, in a weird way, encouraging things a director can say to an actor - I know this as an actor - is when you ask them a question, they say, I don't know - 'cause it means there's some space there for you to find out. And it means that there's going to be a process.” KnowsWayMeanActorsAsksCausesProcessSpaceDirectors Author:Alan Rickman
“Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue scene because you need to keep that electricity maintained throughout the course of the film.” IfsNeedsFilmCoursesAsksSceneDirectorsTablesDinnerDialogueThings To DoElectricityDinner Table Author:Gary Ross
“When you play a character that is so emotionally closed there are times when you ask yourself if you are doing enough and if it's reading. That is where you have a director, who is the barometer of what you are doing.” IfsEnoughPlayCharacterReadingAsksDirectorsBarometer Author:Gary Oldman
“People often ask me if I feel discriminated against as a black female director. I don't. I'm actually offered a ton of stuff. But I only want to direct what I write. And I prefer to focus on black female characters. What's most important to me is to put characters up onscreen who are not perfect, but who are human and flawed.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsWritingHumansImportantCharacterAsksStuffBlackPerfectFocusDirectorsFemaleDirectAsk MeFlawedNot PerfectFemale Characters Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood