“It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.” TodayFilmDifficultBreakEasierDirectorsIndependentStudiosFinanceSubstanceCablesReluctantIndependent FilmMotion Pictures Author:Mark Rydell
“A music director cannot and should not be chosen on the basis of a first date. It is not so difficult to make a good impression with a single appearance, usually containing some of a conductor's party pieces, works they have performed successfully many times before.” ShouldFirstsDifficultPartyPiecesDirectorsBasesAppearanceImpressionChosenConductorContainingFirst Date Author:Leonard Slatkin
“It was difficult every ten days having a new director. I'm a real collaborator and, as an actor, I want to be directed. It's hard for me to shift gears.” WantRealHardActorsDifficultDirectorsTenGearsCollaborators Author:Jeanne Tripplehorn
“It is very difficult to follow your own method all the time because you may crash against some directors who want from you something different. Trying to understand the material, who you're working with, and how can you fit in there. That is my approach.” WantTryingMayDifferentDifficultMaterialsFitDirectorsApproachMethodCrash Author:Antonio Banderas
“When I first started out, it was very, very difficult to even get in the room with directors or casting directors because they would see that I hadn't been to drama school and wouldn't want to see me. Now, I feel like it's changing. We have this new generation of a lot of writers, directors and actors who are just breaking through, and they're doing it for the passion.” WantFeelsFirstsSchoolPassionActorsDifficultRoomsGenerationsDramaDirectorsCastingNew GenerationCasting Directors Author:Kaya Scodelario
“In Kurdistan, theres a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made me a director.” MadeWarDifficultDirectorsLifestyleBitterHardshipDifficult Life Author:Bahman Ghobadi
“Tony Scott was one of the best directors Ive ever worked with, and I was devastated when I heard about his death. He was a great guy with great energy. But this is a difficult business, and peoples lives are sometimes difficult.” SometimesGuyEnergyDifficultHeardDirectorsDevastatedGreat Guy Author:Christian Slater
“I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director.” MenChildrenMadeFatherDifficultDirectorsAbsenceContraryFactorsDisturbing Author:Michael Haneke
“I have a problem with writer/directors, personal. I can't work well with both of them on the set, if both of them are giving instructions. Writers tend to be in love with what they wrote. You can't always translate the words into the meaning, sometimes the meaning is better served without the words, difficult to make a writer to try to understand that. It gets, sometimes, tense.” IfsGivingTryingWellsI CanSometimesProblemDifficultDirectorsInstructionTranslateTenseGiving In Author:Morgan Freeman
“I think directing yourself is a monumental task. Just to self edit as an actor, you work for some directors who don't give you a lot of feedback so you have to do that. That's a difficult thing to do as an actor.” ThinkingGivingSelfActorsDifficultDirectorsTasksThings To DoFeedbackDifficult ThingsEdits Author:Ashton Kutcher
“As a director, you have a thousand things going on in your head, and of course, that's going to be difficult. That's going to mean that some things get overlooked. And so, for us as performers, being the selfish pricks that we are, we're sitting there being concerned about ourselves all the time and our character's through-line.” MeanCharacterCoursesDifficultLinesThousandDirectorsSittingConcernedSelfishPerformersOverlooked Author:Jamie Campbell Bower