“I worked with Roger Moore on three episodes of The Saint. He is a lovely man, a good director, and was my favourite actor to work with.” MenThreeActorsDirectorsSaintLovelyFavouriteEpisodesRogerGood DirectorsLovely Man Author:Shirley Eaton
“Director Michelle MacLaren is the John Cage of this malevolent silence, able to wield it as precisely as a pointillist with a paintbrush. And with 'To'hajiilee,' the final episode of Breaking Bad she'll ever direct, she has painted her masterpiece. Under the unblinking eye of her relentless camera, this was television not as entertainment but as endurance. It was agonizing, nauseating, unbearable. I loved every minute but hated every second. I couldn't wait for it to be over but I never wanted it to end. And I especially never wanted it to end like that.” EndsEyeAbleWantedWaitingSilenceMinutesTelevisionDirectorsDirectCamerasFinalsEntertainmentHatedEnduranceEpisodesCagesMasterpieceUnbearableRelentlessEvery SecondAgonizingPaintbrush Author:Andy Greenwald
“But actually my dad is a very talented director and not just his use of shots and camera, but he's very good with actors and he knows acting well. It's great to see him do that and be really good at it and he's been doing it for a while and he certainly knows how to make movies, and little movies I guess for a television show, and he's going to come back in November to direct a second episode, which I'm really excited about.” KnowsWellsLittlesUseShowsActorsActingKnow HowTelevisionDadDirectorsShotsDirectCamerasMy DadVery GoodExcitedEpisodesNovemberTelevision Shows Author:Emily Deschanel
“I don't recall a show I've ever been on that had the same director do two episodes in a row, but in England, they do it all the time. In England, they'll just have one director for eight episodes. That was the British system that Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner wanted to bring to the States. I think there was a nice merger of the two systems. They might have gone with one director, but John had obligations on The Village, and he had to leave and come back, so it seemed like a natural place to break it up.” ThinkingTwoStatesShowsMightWantedNaturalBreakGoneNiceDirectorsEnglandEightBritishObligationVillageEpisodesRecallsJaneMergers Author:Glen Morgan
“The only episode which was completely my idea was for Mitch Pileggi, the actor who portrays Skinner, the Assistant Director of the FBI. He appears often in the series, but only for a few scenes. You know virtually nothing about him. I wanted him to have an episode that was his alone, so I wrote Avatar for him. He even has a scene that's pretty . . . hot [knowing smile]. He was very happy.” KnowsIdeasWantedActorsKnowingSceneDirectorsHotSeriesEpisodesVery HappyFbiAssistantsSkinner Author:David Duchovny
“Unless you're a directing producer of a television show, for the most part, the director comes in one week to direct and episode, and then leaves. I'd much rather produce television and occasionally direct an episode of a show I'm producing, then just come in as an outside director.” ShowsWeekProduceTelevisionDirectorsDirectProducersEpisodesTelevision Shows Author:Eric Balfour
“Hours is an understatement. I honestly don't know how the director and editor decide each week what actually makes it on the air. There's of course director and cast commentary on each episode on the DVD. We had a blast recording that.” KnowsCoursesHoursKnow HowAirWeekDirectorsCastsHonestlyEditorsEpisodesBlastCommentaryDvdsUnderstatement Author:Joel McHale