“As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're seeing the world through your eyes.” WorldStoriesEyeActorsSeeingDirectorsSeeing The World Author:Jonah Hill
“The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the crew has all eyes on the captain. If they come in going, "I don't know. Maybe we'll do this. Maybe we'll do that," you've got 10 days to shoot and they don't care what you're doing.” IfsKnowsMatterEyeCareEnergyLevelsTalentDirectorsNo Matter WhatDon't CareShipsCaptainsCrewEnergy Levels Author:Melissa Leo
“Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same thing over and over again until, in the directors eyes, you get it right does not allow for very much creative freedom... In terms of sheer adrenaline, film has absolutely nothing on theater.” DoeRealEyeFilmFunTermActingCreativeDirectorsTheaterSheerAbsolutely NothingAdrenalineCreative FreedomFilm Acting Author:Mara Wilson
“When you're shooting a low-budget movie you're never just the director: you're also in the catering department, and hair and make-up and a part-time grip. I can't even imagine the luxury of not having to keep an eye on every aspect of production while directing.” I CanEyeImagineHairDirectorsLowsAspectProductionsLuxuryShootingBudgetsDepartmentPart TimeCatering Author:Amber Sealey
“The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything.” LooksEyeCan DoDirectorsOpen Eyes Author:Alexander Payne
“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
“Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, theres a lot of eye-rolling... it just breeds inertia. If a director is in control, the crew follow their leader. But the second anyone senses the directors are not sure, people just swoop in.” PeopleIfsEyeLostLeaderDirectorsMilesSensesNot SureExtrasRollingCrewInertiaExtra Mile Author:Christine Vachon
“To have a director that loves his actors is something that you can see in the film and in the fruits of that labor. You can see that translated in the film. When you watch this movie, you can see a director who loves his actors, and it shines through the movie, in my eyes.” EyeFilmActorsWatchesDirectorsLaborShiningFruit Author:Vin Diesel
“I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It means they rely mostly on my eyes.” NeedsMeanIdeasHelpingHandsEyeStrongDirectorsRelyVery StrongGreat IdeaNeed Help Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“3D needs a trained eye. It can't be done by everybody. People who just do 3D just for the sake of commercializing their movie another five or six percent and they don't know really how to do it, they should care how to do it better by bringing other directors and collaborators into their lives to help teach and instruct how you really make a 3D movie because it's not just like putting a new lens on a camera and forgetting it. It takes a lot of very careful consideration. It will change your approach to where you put the cameras. So, 3D isn't for everybody.” PeopleKnowsNeedsShouldDoneHelpingEyeCareForgetTeachFiveDirectorsSixApproachPercentCamerasSakeCarefulConsiderationLensesCollaborators Author:Steven Spielberg
“In 'Beowulf,' director Robert Zemeckis uses a technique called 'motion capture' to conjure fantastical things, angles into action and sweeping vistas to stun your eyes and take your breath away. But what he hasn't mastered and what the technique can't do is this: emotion capture.” UseEyeActionEmotionDirectorsBreathsTechniqueCaptureAngleSweepingVistas Author:Stephen Hunter
“If you are a star in Hollywood then you are always a star in your eyes, but not always in the eyes of new directors for whom your great performances are always fading into the past.” IfsEyePastStarsDirectorsHollywoodPerformancesFadingGreat Performance Author:Lee Grant
“Before the days of video village a director should stand right next to the camera, look with his naked eye and if he sees something that is real to him, he'd look up at the [camera] operator and if he gives the look to indicate he'd seen it to, then you print and you'd move on.” IfsGivingShouldLooksRealEyeMovingNextDirectorsCamerasVideoNakedLook UpPrintVillageOperatorsNaked Eyes Author:Matt Damon
“People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.” PeopleThinkingEyeFilmActorsAudienceDirectorsDirect Author:Julianne Moore
“I think it's possible to be free in a big production. It's the eye of the director and the actor and the story.” ThinkingStoriesBigsEyeActorsDirectorsProductions Author:Adam Driver
“Acting doesn't exist in a vacuum. You need the director to have a set of eyes.” NeedsEyeActingDirectorsVacuums Author:Miles Teller
“As a director I always look at someone's eyes. How truthful are they? Will this person take me on this journey?” LooksPersonsEyeJourneyDirectorsTake MeTruthful Author:Ruba Nadda
“It wouldn't have existed without France, and it's a French initiative. As a filmmaker, I owe everything to France - I got accepted at a French film school that takes six directors a year. Once you're in, you make films under the eye of people in the industry. You grow up in front of their eyes.” PeopleYearsEyeSchoolFilmGrowsGrowing UpFrontsIndustryDirectorsSixAcceptedFranceFilmmakerInitiativeFilm School Author:Deniz Gamze Erguven
“When you're a first time director, you're often considered what's called a "deadly attachment" in the eyes of financiers, because they're trusting you with a lot of money to bring something home, to get great performances, to not have a nervous breakdown in the process.” FirstsHomeEyeProcessDirectorsFirst TimePerformancesNervousAttachmentLots Of MoneyBreakdownFinanciersNervous BreakdownGreat PerformanceTrusting You Author:John Krokidas
“Russian directors, we are shooting the same streets. The same things. Tom Jacobson has a fresh eye and found very interesting and very cool locations and angles and characters.” CharacterEyeFoundInterestingStreetsDirectorsShootingTomsLocationAngleVery InterestingVery Cool Author:Timur Bekmambetov
“TV directors just aren't sexy for some reason, Although, you know, Rob and Kim [Manners] are very sexy in my eyes.” KnowsReasonEyeTvsDirectorsSexyMannersKim Author:David Duchovny
“Certainly as actors, and maybe as directors, you've got to hang on to something childlike. You've got to know what play is. I haven't worked with Mike Leigh, but I know him very well and there's something open in his eyes about what's in front of him. And the same is true of Alfonso in a Mexican, mad way. There's an enthusiastic response to something. Neil Jordan, the same, when he gets excited . You just want to know there's a human being in there.” KnowsWayWantHumansWellsPlayEyeActorsHuman BeingsFrontsHavensLike YouDirectorsMadResponseExcitedHis EyesMexicanMikeEnthusiasticJordanChildlike Author:Alan Rickman
“I’ve had unsatisfying experiences, but mostly it’s about communication, which is why I make an effort to talk to the director beforehand to make sure we see eye-to-eye as creative individuals. If [good] communication isn’t present, you can lose something and end up very unhappy.” IfsEndsEyeIndividualLosesEffortCreativeCommunicationDirectorsUnhappyGood Communication Author:Martin Starr
“Half the fun is getting to play dress-up and imagine what it's like to be this other person. If you're not excited about a part where you get to use your imagination, then what's the point in doing it? It'll be just another job. Also, Director Michael Pressman and I see eye-to-eye with Marie.” IfsPersonsPlayUseEyeJobsFunImaginationHalfImagineDirectorsDressesExcitedMarie Author:Zoe Kazan