“Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.” DifferentOffersDirectorsObviousDifferent ThingsObvious Things Author:Malcolm McDowell
“I think we've shot scenes from every angle directors can think of to make it look like different villages. I've directed a couple shows on that set and believe me, it's impossible not to duplicate some camera angles.” ThinkingBelieveLooksDifferentShowsImpossibleCoupleSceneDirectorsShotsCamerasVillageBelieve In MeAngleDuplicateDifferent AnglesCamera Angles Author:Vic Morrow
“Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.” PeopleDifferentMomentsOpportunityDecisionPiecesStyleDesignDirectorsProductionsObsessedVisualsDifferent PeoplesDifferent StylesProduction Design Author:B. J. Novak
“I think part of the fun of being an actor is getting to work with different directors and seeing their take on it, what they're passionate about. They all have different ideas about your character.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentCharacterActorsFunSeeingDirectorsPassionateDifferent Ideas Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.” PeopleLittlesSaidDifferentNiceInfluenceDirectorsHypothetical Author:Andrew Sarris
“I guarantee you that two directors that are any good can take the same story, change the name of the characters, change the name of the town, and make an entirely different picture.” TwoDifferentCharacterStoriesNamesDirectorsTownsGuaranteesCharacter Change Author:Howard Hawks
“I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.” YearsDifferentMillionsDirectorsTrainingSat Author:Grant Heslov
“I like working with different directors; it keeps you on your toes.” DifferentDirectorsToes Author:Chaske Spencer
“It's through working with a lot of first-time directors that I realized that people learn on their feet. Everybody works on something for a different reason. Everybody has got something new to learn on these sets, and you don't have to know everything, the second you start.” PeopleKnowsFirstsDifferentReasonFeetDirectorsFirst TimeI RealizedSomething New Author:Jess Weixler
“I've worked with more than 50 directors and I've paid attention since day one. That's pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I've seen 50 different sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving.” WayArtDifferentMy OwnAttentionMistakeStudyAchieveDirectorsPaidCamerasShootingDifferent WaysArt HistoryStudying Art Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“I think a good director can embrace any genre and it's the kind of thing where you always want to do something different. You always want to challenge yourself.” ThinkingWantKindDifferentChallengesDirectorsEmbraceGenreChallenge YourselfGood Directors Author:David Ayer
“I've been lucky to get some path-breaking films, which proved to be the turning point in my career. Be it 'Rock on!' 'The Last Lear' or 'Raajneeti,' directors started working in a different way.” WayDifferentLastsFilmCareersPathRocksLuckyDirectorsDifferent WaysTurning PointsLear Author:Arjun Rampal
“Every director is different. And all the movies are very different, and the characters are very different.” DifferentCharacterDirectors Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I like to adapt to a director's way of working. I love doing that. Each director is so different, and you have to adapt to this new way of doing something. That's what's amazing to me. That's why I love directors. I don't want to director to have to work around me. I think it's more fun for me to come in on their thing.” ThinkingWayWantDifferentFunDirectorsNew Ways Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job. When you're the director, you kinda do all the work. I'm actually going tonight to check the prints of my movie even though the premiere's tomorrow night.” StillsDifferentSometimesJobsFilmNightTomorrowDirectorsChecksTonightPrintPremieresDifferent Jobs Author:Brett Ratner
“I'm lucky that I've worked with so many different directors with very different styles and with a lot of different actors.” DifferentActorsStyleLuckyDirectorsDifferent Styles Author:Emma Watson
“My metaphor for acting in movies - not on stage because it's completely different on stage - is to put colors on an easel for the director to paint his own painting with in the editing room, long after I've left. You buy me for red and black, so I better give you really great red and black, but if I can give you purple, pink, green and brown too, I will.” IfsGivingLongI CanDifferentLeftBlackRoomsActingStageColorPaintingDirectorsRedGreenPaintMetaphorBrownEditingReally GreatPurpleActing In MoviesRed And Black Author:Scott Glenn
“The challenge is not finding the attitude, but it's really just being open and willing to go for it and try different things, and having a director that you can trust. The attitude is not something that I intended or created.” TryingDifferentChallengesAttitudeWillingDirectorsFindingsDifferent ThingsJust Being Author:Chris Pratt
“You have different people who come into your life and they affect you in a way and leave an impact on you. Whether it's projects or friends or directors, it's just an opportunity that people give me.” PeopleWayGivingDifferentOpportunityDirectorsProjectsGive MeImpactDifferent Peoples Author:Selena Gomez
“When I do a movie, I have the script. I know how it begins and how it ends. I know what my character does and where he's going. If I have ideas I want to express or changes I want to make, there's one guy: the director. It's different in television.” IfsKnowsWantDoeIdeasDifferentEndsCharacterGuyKnow HowTelevisionDirectorsScripts Author:Holt McCallany
“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
“It is great to work on different scripts with different directors who have different styles. You get so much experience from that.” DifferentStyleDirectorsScriptsDifferent Styles Author:Devon Bostick
“Its different being a director. I suppose, especially if its a story youve written and you feel compelled to tell, in some ways its a lot easier than acting because youre orchestrating the piece. As an actor, sometimes youre trying to second-guess what people want.” PeopleIfsWayWantFeelsTryingDifferentSometimesStoriesActorsActingPiecesWrittenEasierDirectorsCompelled Author:Paddy Considine
“At the first meeting of the newly constituted Warren Commission, [former CIA Director] Allen Dulles handed out copies of a book to help define the ideological parameters he proposed for the Commission's forthcoming work. American assassinations were different from European ones, he told the Commission. European assassinations were the work of conspiracies, whereas American assassins acted alone.” FirstsBookDifferentHelpingDirectorsMeetingsFormerCopiesConspiracyCiaIdeologicalAssassinationAssassinsParametersForthcomingWarren Commission Author:Peter Dale Scott
“It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club in a different genre of music: country, R&B clubs, jazz clubs, church on Sunday morning where she was the music director, pop hits, soft rock. I grew up listening to all this music, so it was never one thing for me.” DifferentCountryMotherChurchMorningOne ThingWeekRocksListeningGrewDirectorsGrew UpJazzClubsPopsSingersGenreSundaySunday MorningDifferent GenresDays Of The WeekGenres Of MusicChurch On SundayDifferent Genres Of Music Author:Robert Glasper
“One of the wonderful things about being an actor is that every director is different.” DifferentActorsWonderfulDirectorsWonderful Things Author:Jane Fonda
“Think of anger as a muscle. The way you express anger isn't the way that I do, or you. If you have a good director, you will find that he's getting you to use an entirely different muscle that you never even knew you had - it's real hard and sore, then after a while it becomes normal. And you discover all these new muscles when you enter a new character - that's what a director does for you.” IfsThinkingWayDoeDifferentRealHardCharacterUseDirectorsNormalMusclesGood DirectorsExpressing Anger Author:Jane Fonda
“I always enjoy working with an international crew and director. But on the set of a Hollywood action film - now that's a whole other world. The sheer grand scale of the way things are done over there makes me envious; it's just so different from the way things are done in Japan.” WorldWayDifferentDoneWholeActionFilmEnjoyDirectorsHollywoodInternationalScalesJapanSheerCrewOther WorldsEnviousAction Films Author:Tadanobu Asano
“In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.” ThinkingTryingDifferentPlayDirectorsDifferent ThingsTrying Different Things Author:Felicity Kendal
“Sometimes, with directors, you have to take what they say and translate it in your head, into something that makes sense to you, because you're speaking two different languages.” TwoDifferentSometimesLanguageDirectorsMake SenseTranslateDifferent Languages Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“I get to meet different directors and different people.” PeopleDifferentDirectorsDifferent Peoples Author:Quvenzhane Wallis
“Hollywood people don't want to be embarrassed by being involved with someone who isn't happening and cool at the time. But I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna be watching.” PeopleWantMadeDifferentDoneActorsMaterialsInvolvedDirectorsProjectsHappeningsHollywoodExcitingCriticsEmbarrassedStanding Out Author:Pauly Shore
“But reading is different, reading is something you do. With TV, and cinema for that matter, everything's handed to you on a plate, nothing has to be worked at, they just spoon-feed you. The picture, the sound, the scenery, the atmospheric music in case you haven't understood what the director's on about... The creaking door that tells you to be stiff. You have to imagine it all when you're reading.” DifferentMatterReadingSoundCasesImagineDoorsHavensTvsDirectorsUnderstoodCinemaPlatesSpoonsScenery Author:Daniel Pennac
“One casting director told me, 'You're the next Leonardo DiCaprio,' and when I heard that, I said, 'Let's talk about how I don't want anything to do with being like Leo.' He's an amazing actor, but the films we're pushing to do are different. I'm going my own way--in a big way.” WayWantSaidDifferentBigsFilmNextActorsMy OwnHeardDirectorsPushingCastingLeonardoCasting Directors Author:Devon Sawa
“I just want to do everything. As broad as that seems, it's kind of the plan. There are so many different genres out there to do, so many different characters to play, so many different amazing actors and directors to work with. I'm just following my gut, and if it's speaking to me, then I'm doing it.” IfsWantKindDifferentPlayCharacterSeemsActorsPlansDirectorsFollowingGenreGutsBroadsDifferent CharactersDifferent Genres Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“When I get hired as an actor as opposed to a writer, one of things that's exciting for me is doing stuff I wouldn't normally do myself. So whether it's a kid's movie or a voice in animation or in this case - where I just get to be silly, it's a different kind of comedy for me. As a performer, it's a different pleasure than when you're writing or directing. As a performer, you're just in the hands of the director and you go with whatever they want to do.” WantWritingKindDifferentHandsKidsActorsStuffVoicePleasureCasesComedyDirectorsExcitingSillyPerformersDifferent KindsAnimationBeing Silly Author:Stephen Merchant
“Your ideas dry up sometimes, and you get lazy sometimes 'cause you're around the same people. That was the good thing about having different directors. You had to stay on your toes.” PeopleIdeasDifferentSometimesCausesDirectorsGood ThingsDryLazyToesDry Up Author:Robert Pattinson
“Of course for many years directors have had to go on the road with their movies and promote them and I've done that since the beginning. So that's not new but the forms of it are different such as with the internet.” YearsDifferentDoneFormCoursesGoes OnInternetDirectors Author:David Cronenberg
“Frankly speaking, I hate comparisons. Two individuals are doing two different films, playing two different characters: how can you compare them? It is not fair to get into ratings. It really doesn't matter what I think about other actresses; what matters is what the directors think of them when they are casting them in a project, because I think it's the director who's behind a successful piece of cinema.” ThinkingTwoDifferentMatterCharacterFilmHateIndividualBehindsSuccessfulPiecesDirectorsProjectsFairsI HateActressesCompareCinemaComparisonWhat MattersCastingRatingNot FairDifferent Characters Author:Katrina Kaif
“I'm all about working with directors that are doing different techniques and I think everyone has their way of getting it to the place that they think is best.” ThinkingWayDifferentDirectorsTechnique Author:Liam Hemsworth
“Truthfully, most directors don't direct actors. Every actor is different, so when you're asked, "How do you approach an actor?," it depends on the actor. With some, you do nothing. With some, you're very specific.” DifferentActorsDependsDirectorsApproachDirect Author:John Landis
“I never sat down and wrote, but what I do is kind of act as a dramaturge for the piece. I am sitting with the writers. I'm discussing ideas with the writers and concepts. We're debating and having a dialectic where we are taking a lot of different ideas and trying to synthesize them into the right idea. I'm very much a part of that process. That's my job as the director.” TryingKindIdeasDifferentJobsProcessPiecesDirectorsSittingConceptsDown AndSatDiscussingDialecticsDifferent IdeasRight Ideas Author:Larry Charles
“From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that's fantastic for me.” IfsI CanDifferentCharacterViewsAudienceDirectorsPoint Of ViewFantasticImpressDifferent Characters Author:Stephen Chow
“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 don't want to rescind American directors but I think that European directors in general, because of the size of the nations in Europe are exposed to all different cultures, they can easily travel from one distinct culture to another in a matter of hours - you can drive for two weeks across the United States and you're in the same basic culture - so there is a certain breadth of understanding and sophistication that they bring to it and frankly, in some cases they are less expensive than American directors.” ThinkingWantTwoDifferentMatterStatesCertainCultureNationsUnderstandingHoursUnitedCasesUnited StatesWeekDirectorsEuropeSizeExpensiveExposedTwo WeeksSophisticationBreadthDifferent Cultures Author:Wes Craven
“Most people view female directors as female only, that we only deal with women's issues and women characters. Although most of my films have dealt with women, I do have work that deals with other matters, and I'm always open to different stories regardless of gender.” PeopleDifferentMatterCharacterStoriesFilmViewsDealsIssuesDirectorsFemaleGender Author:Shahad Ameen
“Oliver Stone is a great director and I've seen many films over the years, but I try to create stuff out of my own imagination. I want to break all the rules and mess about with it and make a different movie just for the fun of it.” WantTryingYearsDifferentFilmFunStuffImaginationMy OwnBreakDirectorsStonesMess Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I've learned from every director I've worked with. Everybody's style is very different, and I always say that being an actor is the best film school that I could ever go to.” DifferentSchoolFilmActorsStyleDirectorsI've LearnedFilm SchoolBest Film Author:Lake Bell
“I was never a nightclub manager or a hostess. I want to make that very clear. I was an executive at my club. I was a director of VIP operations, that's much different than a manager, that's much different than a waitress, it's different than, you know, a host - I was like an executive-level position” KnowsWantDifferentLevelsClearPositionDirectorsClubsManagersOperationsExecutivesHostWaitressNightclubsHostessesVip Author:Rachel Uchitel
“As a director you want to have actors, not only surpassing themselves, but also going somewhere, going different places.” WantDifferentActorsDirectorsDifferent PlaceSurpassing Author:Xavier Dolan