“In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.” WantBodyActorsEnvironmentDirectorsInput Author:Kelly Lynch
“It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.” LooksHardBodyDirectors Author:Lorenzo di Bonaventura
“I would not have made any of my films or written scripts such as Taxi Driver had it not been for Ingmar Bergman, What he has left is a legacy greater than any other director.... I think the extraordinary thing that Bergman will be remembered for, other than his body of work, was that he probably did more than anyone to make cinema a medium of personal and introspective value.” ThinkingMadeBodyFilmValuesLeftGreaterWrittenDirectorsExtraordinaryScriptsMediumsLegacyRememberedCinemaDriversIntrospectiveTaxiExtraordinary ThingsBergman Author:Paul Schrader
“I'm happy to have a physical part in 'High Tension,' in 'Hereafter,' and in a lot of French movies and Belgian movies. But its not by chance directors choose me for physical parts. I like to do that. I like to tell a story also with the body. It's important, because you can tell a lot of things.” ImportantStoriesBodyChanceDirectorsTensionHereafterBelgiansChoose MeFrench Movies Author:Cecile de France
“When I work on a film, you know, I try to get or inhabit the body of the character -from the vision of the directors or how i think the character should be - so if it's a film like SPEED, you hit the gym, you get to do some, train with SWAT People, hehe, but in general, I'm really focused and dedicated, and then in regular life, I don't go to the gym as often.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsShouldTryingCharacterBodyFilmVisionDirectorsTrainFocusedSpeedGymDedicated Author:Keanu Reeves
“There's only a handful of directors who really understand what I call the alchemical balance between a man and a woman, in a woman's body, which most people consider the strong woman character.” PeopleMenCharacterBodyStrongBalanceDirectorsStrong WomenHandfulWomen's Bodies Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.” IfsArtMadeBodyHistoryAudienceDirectorsEntertainmentCoaches Author:Alfred Hitchcock
“When I'm filming a kill scene [as a director], I just get happier and happier as we chop up body parts.” BodySceneDirectors Author:Eli Roth
“It's because you have no power. You give them all the material and the cinematographer, the director, the editor, boy what they can choose... You better hope they like you because they can slice and dice and make you look like a damn fool when your face and body are up there on a 30-foot screen.” GivingLooksBodyFacesBoysFeetMaterialsLike YouFoolDirectorsScreensDamnYour FaceEditorsDiceCinematographers Author:William Mapother