“There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking.” ChallengesDirectorsAsking Author:Michael Pitt
“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
“So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting people who can bear the load of what you're asking them to do and creating this emotionally safe environment.” PeopleSaidEnvironmentBearsDirectorsSafeCreatingPercentAskingLoadCastingSafe Environment Author:Lynn Shelton
“Every director is different and they all have different styles. I've worked with directors who were very specific and they gave a lot of direction. The one thing about Michael [Haneke]that I think is interesting is that he really has a reason for everything he's asking you. If you challenge it, he is open for discussion but he has a clear idea of what he wants with reasons why.” IfsThinkingWantIdeasDifferentReasonChallengesInterestingClearOne ThingStyleDirectorsAskingReason WhyDiscussionDifferent StylesReason For Everything Author:Michael Pitt
“I walked around my apartment with food in my mouth asking myself: "How do I come up with this voice?" Then I found the voice. I called the director and said on the phone: "Guess who you're talking to Chris? Sid, that's right Sid!" And that's how I came up with the voice. That's a true story.” SaidStoriesFoundVoiceTalkingDirectorsMouthsAskingPhonesCome UpApartmentTrue StorySids Author:John Leguizamo
“I got a phone call from George Miller [the director] asking me to play this role. We sat down and he showed me on his computer a documentary-type montage sequence of real penguins swimming, in an Esther Williams synchronized sort of way, and doing things I have never seen them do. Then he explained his vision of the film, asked me to read the script and to voice the character. I was cast a little bit later, and he let me do the singing as well!” WayWellsLittlesRealPlayCharacterFilmBitsVoiceVisionRolesTypeDirectorsComputerLittle BitSingingLet MeAskingDown AndScriptsCastsPhonesSatSwimmingDocumentariesSequencePhone CallsPenguinsEsther Author:Brittany Murphy
“We're not allowed in the cutting room - and that's extraordinary. So, when a director is asking for certain nuances and colours and we feel that they're phoney, but we do it because the director asks for it, that's the one that they pick in the cutting room. And I contend that when you see a movie with bad acting, don't blame the actor... blame those guys in the cutting room because they like that take.” FeelsGuyCertainActorsAsksRoomsActingCuttingDirectorsPicksAskingBlameExtraordinaryColourNuanceBad Acting Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I remember coming on my first set and it being a playground of things I wanted to ask questions about: cameras and lenses and what the lenses do, what's the focus puller doing and how does that work? Why is there less margin for error when there's less light? I was always asking questions and watching directors closely.” FirstsDoeLightWantedRememberAsksFocusDirectorsAskingCamerasErrorsLensesMarginsAsking QuestionsPlaygrounds Author:Paul Bettany
“The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget.” NeedsMeanJobsDirectorsAuthorityAskingBudgetsNational Intelligence Author:Leonard Boswell
“You watch him playing Jack Sparrow, and he's loving it, and he's loving being in that world. He's still excited by it. Sometimes, he'll even say, 'Was that OK?' And I'm thinking, 'You're Johnny Depp man, you know that's OK!' But he doesn't. He's still going to [director] Gore [Verbinski] and asking for help. It's a privilege to see the human side of Johnny. It's really exciting.” ThinkingKnowsMenWorldHumansStillsSometimesHelpingSidesWatchesDirectorsExcitingAskingPrivilegeExcitedGoreSparrowsAsking For Help Author:Keira Knightley
“It used to be embarrassing. In the beginning, because you listen to yourself so much, you think, I must look like an asshole right now - or sound like an asshole. And then, you just get to that point where you've done so many ridiculous, ridiculous things in the booth from screaming, to having orgasms, to whatever your director is asking you to do for this character, you just lose your inhibitions.” ThinkingLooksDoneCharacterUsedSoundLosesRight NowDirectorsAskingRidiculousUsed To BeEmbarrassingListen To YourselfInhibitionsRidiculous Things Author:Rachael MacFarlane
“Because I've always aspired to direct and produce, I've literally worked with about 200 directors and countless producers, so what I appreciate is how, through osmosis and through actually asking questions and through people offering wisdom, there's a lot in there.” PeopleProduceDirectorsAppreciateDirectAskingProducersOfferingAsking QuestionsOsmosis Author:Malik Yoba
“There's people constantly asking you for something on set, so the multi-tasking of motherhood transfers very well to being a director. And I think you're compassionate.” PeopleThinkingWellsDirectorsAskingMotherhoodCompassionateTransfersBeing A MomMulti Tasking Author:Angelina Jolie
“Director Park asking that if there was a pocket on one side of the piece of clothing then there should be a pocket on the other side. They were a little uncomfortable to wear, yes, because there were a lot of tight, high-waisted things so it was great at the end of the day to slip into some pajamas!” IfsShouldLittlesEndsSidesPiecesDirectorsAskingUncomfortableParksThe End Of The DayPocketsClothingsSlipsPajamas Author:Mia Wasikowska
“I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that are perhaps not very morally acceptable. I'm not the only one.” ThinkingWaySometimesCertainActorsDirectorsAskingGuiltyBehaveAcceptablePortraying Author:Abbas Kiarostami