“It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.” TodayFilmDifficultBreakEasierDirectorsIndependentStudiosFinanceSubstanceCablesReluctantIndependent FilmMotion Pictures Author:Mark Rydell
“A music director cannot and should not be chosen on the basis of a first date. It is not so difficult to make a good impression with a single appearance, usually containing some of a conductor's party pieces, works they have performed successfully many times before.” ShouldFirstsDifficultPartyPiecesDirectorsBasesAppearanceImpressionChosenConductorContainingFirst Date Author:Leonard Slatkin
“It was difficult every ten days having a new director. I'm a real collaborator and, as an actor, I want to be directed. It's hard for me to shift gears.” WantRealHardActorsDifficultDirectorsTenGearsCollaborators Author:Jeanne Tripplehorn
“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
“When I first started out, it was very, very difficult to even get in the room with directors or casting directors because they would see that I hadn't been to drama school and wouldn't want to see me. Now, I feel like it's changing. We have this new generation of a lot of writers, directors and actors who are just breaking through, and they're doing it for the passion.” WantFeelsFirstsSchoolPassionActorsDifficultRoomsGenerationsDramaDirectorsCastingNew GenerationCasting Directors Author:Kaya Scodelario
“In Kurdistan, theres a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made me a director.” MadeWarDifficultDirectorsLifestyleBitterHardshipDifficult Life Author:Bahman Ghobadi
“Tony Scott was one of the best directors Ive ever worked with, and I was devastated when I heard about his death. He was a great guy with great energy. But this is a difficult business, and peoples lives are sometimes difficult.” SometimesGuyEnergyDifficultHeardDirectorsDevastatedGreat Guy Author:Christian Slater
“I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director.” MenChildrenMadeFatherDifficultDirectorsAbsenceContraryFactorsDisturbing Author:Michael Haneke
“I have a problem with writer/directors, personal. I can't work well with both of them on the set, if both of them are giving instructions. Writers tend to be in love with what they wrote. You can't always translate the words into the meaning, sometimes the meaning is better served without the words, difficult to make a writer to try to understand that. It gets, sometimes, tense.” IfsGivingTryingWellsI CanSometimesProblemDifficultDirectorsInstructionTranslateTenseGiving In Author:Morgan Freeman
“I think directing yourself is a monumental task. Just to self edit as an actor, you work for some directors who don't give you a lot of feedback so you have to do that. That's a difficult thing to do as an actor.” ThinkingGivingSelfActorsDifficultDirectorsTasksThings To DoFeedbackDifficult ThingsEdits Author:Ashton Kutcher
“As a director, you have a thousand things going on in your head, and of course, that's going to be difficult. That's going to mean that some things get overlooked. And so, for us as performers, being the selfish pricks that we are, we're sitting there being concerned about ourselves all the time and our character's through-line.” MeanCharacterCoursesDifficultLinesThousandDirectorsSittingConcernedSelfishPerformersOverlooked Author:Jamie Campbell Bower
“We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting.” IfsDifficultWatchesInvolvedDirectorsExcitingOnionsTrenches Author:David Zucker
“In any of the big acting cities, there are breakdowns that the casting directors put together for the projects that they're working on and then they get sent out to the agents and stuff like that. It's difficult to find projects, sometimes, unless your agent or manager is submitting you for those specific projects.” SometimesBigsTogetherStuffDifficultActingCitiesDirectorsProjectsAgentsManagersCastingBreakdownCasting Directors Author:Bostin Christopher
“For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations - well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing.” WayWellsPlayWantedJobsDifficultActingAcceptingCareersHabitDirectorsTheaterMy WayAspirationDefault Author:James Cromwell
“It`s probably fair to say I have taken myself too seriously on some jobs. I`m sure I`m more guilty of being difficult than I`d like to remember. I don`t regret my desires; I`ve regretted the way I would communicate my desires. Maybe I`ve lost a job because of some rumor, I doubt it. But nobody good that I`ve worked with has ever said anything negative about me, because we`ve never had a negative experience. By good, I mean directors who do their homework, people that are passionate, crazy, never sleep, and do like I do and just go after it.” PeopleWayMeanSaidJobsRememberDesireLostDifficultSleepTakenDoubtCrazyRegretDirectorsNegativeFairsPassionateCommunicateGuiltyRumorHomeworkDon't RegretNever SleepNegative Experiences Author:Val Kilmer
“When I was a kid it was much more difficult. You're trying to understand what the director wants. It's a learning process. Now, you go in and it's more of a collaboration.” WantTryingKidsProcessDifficultDirectorsCollaborationLearning Process Author:Moises Arias
“As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. That's the point of my commentaries. It's so difficult because you're the harshest critic.” WantDifficultClearDirectorsCriticsWhat You WantCommentary Author:David Slade
“To learn bad dialogue is so difficult and so boring, and to work with a stupid director who tells you to do the wrong thing, etcetera, it's just unbearable.” DifficultStupidDirectorsBoringDialogueUnbearableWrong ThingsSo BoringEtcetera Author:Omar Sharif
“It's very, very technical, what we do in film. While all of the lights are there and all of the crew members and directors are staring right at you, you have to be honest. It's a very difficult, but technical medium.” LightFilmDifficultHonestDirectorsMembersMediumsBeing HonestStaringCrew Author:Jeffrey Donovan
“The music director, Stephen Oremus, was telling me: "I hope you've done your work." We only have ten days rehearsal. The music is no joke. My solo singing is not that hard. But the stuff I have as part of the choir or as a "Dead Guest" in the second-half... I'm singing some really incredible chorus stuff that I haven't done in a long time. It's extremely difficult.” LongHardDoneStuffDifficultHalfHavensDirectorsTenMusic IsLong TimeSingingJokesIncrediblesGuestsSoloRehearsalChorusChoir Author:Max von Essen
“As a director and an actor, it is very difficult to say "this person was better than another person." I judge by chemistry of the actors but it is difficult being a judge. I will never bash any of the actors.” PersonsActorsDifficultJudgingDirectorsChemistryBash Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I guess I always knew going into the movie that casting that part would be difficult. Oliver just felt likeable. I felt it would be hard to dislike this man. I don't know why, but I'm sure other directors have felt the same when casting him. Oliver is goofy yet formidable, smart but likeable... I didn't want the character of Alex to be nasty or demonised. I wanted him to be struggling with his actions.” KnowsMenWantHardCharacterWould BeActionWantedFeltDifficultStruggleDirectorsSmartDislikeNastyCastingAlexFormidableGoofyLikeable Author:Nicole Holofcener
“Therefore, when you see the end result, it's difficult to see who's the director, me or them. Ultimately, everything belongs to the actors - we just manage the situation.” EndsActorsDifficultResultsSituationDirectorsManageEnd Results Author:Abbas Kiarostami