“I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to what works and what doesn't work in the theater. And it's good to know that from the beginning.” KnowsWorldWorstDirectorsElementsUnderstoodTheaterI RealizedMysterious Author:Joe Mantello
“There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.” NeedsFilmDirectorsElementsDrivingGood Films Author:Aaron Taylor-Johnson
“I generally enjoy the rehearsal process because that's where you can share your ideas, get your thoughts and feelings out and see whether or not they're going to land, whether or not people are going to agree with them, particularly the director. So you can sort out in that process any elements that need to be sorted out before you're on the set, and of course that saves time and it also makes everyone more comfortable working together.” PeopleNeedsIdeasFeelingsTogetherCoursesProcessEnjoyShareLandDirectorsElementsComfortableAgreeWorking TogetherRehearsalThoughts And Feelings Author:Nicolas Cage
“As a means of supporting experiential element in film, once I begin to work on a particular movie I consider myself to be the tool of the director.” MeanFilmParticularDirectorsElementsTools Author:Jack Nicholson
“It is one of the few elements in the process that a director really, really can't control: an actor's performance. If you have a director that understands that, it's comforting to an actor. You're starting the relationship more as a collaborator, rather than as an employee or some kind of a soldier trying to execute something you don't organically feel.” IfsFeelsTryingKindActorsProcessDirectorsElementsPerformancesStartingSoldierEmployeeComfortingCollaborators Author:Jason Bateman
“Sometimes you think, "Oh man, this is going to be a fantastic movie," and then when you see it put together, you're like, "Oh, huh. Well, that didn't turn out quite the way I thought." Sometimes you think you're part of a project and it isn't that great, and then it sort of becomes a pleasant surprise. But I think there's just too many elements that affect the tone of a movie, so I think even for a director, it may be hard to gauge that.” ThinkingMenWayWellsMaySometimesHardTogetherTurnsDirectorsElementsProjectsSurpriseFantasticTonePleasantGaugesPleasant Surprises Author:Anna Faris
“There are two kinds of filmmaking: Hitchcock's (the film is complete in the director's mind) and Coppola's (which thrives on process). For Hitchcock, any variation from the complete internal idea is seen as a defect. The perfection already exists. Coppola's approach is to harvest the random elements that the process throws up, things that were not in his mind when he began.” MindKindTwoIdeasFilmProcessDirectorsElementsApproachPerfectionThriveInternalsFilmmakingHarvestDefectsVariationHitchcock Author:Walter Murch
“When I made 'Real Steel,' the director actually had the robots in the monitor, so he knew where everything was. So technically, there's been advancements. But at the end of the day, movies are about story and characters, so all the other stuff is great, but unless you have those two elements, then you've got nothing.” MadeTwoRealEndsCharacterStoriesStuffDirectorsElementsThe End Of The DaySteelRobotsAdvancementReal Steel Author:Hugh Jackman
“The core of a director is the person's tastes in what elements go together and how they go together. It's a puzzle.” PersonsTogetherTasteDirectorsElementsCorePuzzles Author:Andre Øvredal
“Snow Cake is a lovely film. Really proud of that. We shot it in 21 days. I thought Sigourney was amazing in it. And very, very accurate. I think there was some element that thought she had pushed it too far. But not at all when you do the amount of homework she had done and spent the amount of time she did with adult autistics. She was right on the money. And I think Marc Evans is a terrific director. He's a sweet, open, honest man and a really good director of actors.” ThinkingMenDoneFilmActorsHonestSweetAmountProudDirectorsElementsShotsAdultsLovelySnowCakeAccurateTerrificHomeworkHonest ManGood Directors Author:Alan Rickman