“I know what its like to direct. You become a more considerate actor. After you have directed, you understand what is going on. You can't help but think of the material as a director. You do come up with suggestions. You come up with shortcuts that you weren't aware of before. You try to be helpful to the director if he has a lot on his hands.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingHelpingHandsActorsMaterialsDirectorsDirectCome UpHelpfulSuggestionsShortcutsConsiderate Author:Dolph Lundgren
“People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director.” PeopleKnowsShouldFilmDirectorsCome UpShould IEditing Author:Steve Martin
“I act once in awhile if something comes up that seems fun. I like to do it - its a lot of fun because theres no responsibility. You let other people have the headaches. The director has all of the headaches.” PeopleIfsSeemsFunResponsibilityDirectorsCome UpHeadache Author:Rob Reiner
“I learned that as a director, you're around all these talented people, so you have this window that all these really good ideas can come in to help your movie, so you're crazy to close them. You need to be inspiring people, engaging people. There are lots of people who are really good at their jobs but might not know or feel like they want to come up to people and get them to participate and want to do their best.” PeopleKnowsWantNeedsFeelsIdeasHelpingMightJobsCrazyDirectorsWindowCome UpGood IdeasEngaging Author:Ben Affleck
“Some people come up to be directors by coming through the camera department and there's not a lot of women in the camera department. The ones that are have to kind of prove they're one of the boys, I think. I don't want to get into trouble with generalisations but I think it's a fair observation.” PeopleThinkingWantKindBoysTroubleDirectorsProveFairsCamerasCome UpObservationDepartmentGeneralisation Author:Colin Firth
“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 always like playing the bad guys. They have more fun! I want a director to come up to me and say, "You can't get too weird!" That's a good thing. I loved hearing that. Let me play. I like to play around.” WantPlayGuyFunDirectorsLet MeGood ThingsCome UpHearingBad Guys Author:James Badge Dale
“I was working with actors who were very easy to work with, but I can just imagine how, with all the other decision-making problems that come up along the way, in addition to that, the whole point of what your doing is following performance and character development. You're building your story with those building blocks, and it is not easy. I've only come out with more respect for directors, from this.” WayI CanWholeCharacterStoriesProblemActorsEasyDecisionImagineBuildingDevelopmentDirectorsPerformancesCome UpFollowingBlockDecision MakingCharacter DevelopmentBuilding Blocks Author:Rick Heinrichs
“When you work with someone you don't quite know, you have to figure the director out and you can come up with ideas that are counter-productive.” KnowsIdeasFiguresDirectorsCome UpProductive Author:Stellan Skarsgard
“I would just say there are no two roles that are more demanding than Bob Dylan of 1966 [Blanchett's role in 'I'm Not There'] and Carol Aird of 1952. I challenge any director out there to come up with a wider divide. I had to convince her to take the Dylan role, and that took effort. But with 'Carol,' she was already attached.” TwoChallengesEffortRolesDirectorsCome UpConvinceDividesBobDylanCarols Author:Todd Haynes