“Some directors, like Stevens [George Stevens], shoot full circle, 360 degrees, and that's what's right for them. I generally shoot at about a seven to one ratio. But part of that is because I've worked on every screenplay, so I'm further along in the visual concept.” DirectorsDegreesConceptsSevenCirclesVisualsScreenplaysRatiosFull Circle Author:Elia Kazan
“I did some films in college, and I remember working with this director that wanted to shock me so that I'd give him an expression of shock, so he poured scalding hot water on my arm during the take. He splashed it on me. He got his expression of shock, but I also got, like, second-degree burns!” GivingWantedRememberFilmWaterCollegeExpressionArmsDirectorsDegreesHotShockHot Water Author:John Kapelos
“The theater audience is the ultimate teacher, instructing the actor on the degree to which he has executed both the author's and the director's intent.” ActorsAudienceTeacherDirectorsDegreesUltimateTheater Author:Joan Fontaine
“I've always been passionately in love with movies, to such a degree that even as a young person of about nineteen or twenty I thought maybe I would try to become a film director. The reason I didn't do it was because I felt I didn't have the right personality. At that time in my life, I was mortally shy.” TryingPersonsReasonFilmYoungFeltPersonalityDirectorsDegreesTwentiesShyRight PersonNineteenFilm Directors Author:Jonathan Lethem
“Normally, I'm a very controlling director. Directors are controlling. It's part of the job, but there's various degrees of it and the constructs I normally work on are very controlling constructs.” JobsDirectorsDegreesVariousConstructs Author:Danny Boyle
“I have no reason as a director to have films go up in versions that I don't like. My only experience of film after ten years is honestly that if a picture doesn't get second-guessed you're looking at four Oscars, and if a picture does get second-guessed, you're not. I've got an advanced degree in that lesson.” IfsYearsDoeReasonFilmFourLessonsDirectorsTenDegreesHonestlyVersionsNo ReasonOscars Author:William Monahan