“I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot.” WayFatherLossShareHugeDadDirectorsAreasMy DadMumHis Loss Author:Natasha Richardson
“When you grow up in the [film] industry, the director is your father. You follow your father's lead, but you make your own way.” WayFilmFatherGrowsGrowing UpIndustryDirectorsFilm Industry Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“My father was a television director and I always knew I wanted to be in the industry but I had thought my role was behind the camera as opposed to in front.” WantedFatherBehindsRolesFrontsTelevisionIndustryDirectorsCameras Author:Philip Glenister
“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
“What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. Its just remarkable.” MatterAbleFatherHonestSonGoes OnDirectorsBeing HonestRemarkableFather Son Author:Lee Grant
“On a movie set that works, you have your father figure, the director, you have your siblings, your other actors.” ActorsFatherFiguresDirectorsSiblingMovie SetsFather Figure Author:Richard Gere
“I'm completely surrounded, not only my father, but also my three brothers, and Sergio, my husband, all four of them work in film. Some are writers, or directors, or cinematographers, all of them. I'm surrounded by men that make films, so much that at some point I felt there was no more room in the family for another filmmaker.For many years I was only working as novelist or writing screenplays for others to direct.” MenWritingYearsFilmThreeFatherFeltRoomsFourBrotherDirectorsHusbandDirectNovelistsFilmmakerMy HusbandScreenplaysCinematographersThree Brothers Author:Lucia Puenzo
“My first soldier role was in 'Flags of Our Fathers.' Casting director Jay Binder saw that movie and was looking for soldiers for 'Journey's End,' which led to 'Generation Kill.'” FirstsEndsFatherRolesSawsGenerationsJourneyDirectorsSoldierFlagsCastingOur FatherCasting DirectorsBinders Author:Stark Sands
“I have a strong and strange character, and I've rarely met directors who knew what to do with this character. One of the few who did was my father, and in the theatre, Arthur Nauzyciel.” CharacterFatherStrongStrangeMetsDirectorsTheatreArthur Author:Lou Doillon
“It was Die Hard in my father's workshop. And so when that opportunity came up, the possibility of doing it, it's more the teenager in me who says that, 'I have to, of course I'm going to.' So that's the fun of reinventing, or just getting involved in things that really, actually loved as a kid growing up wanting to grow up to be a director.” HardKidsDiesCoursesFatherOpportunityFunGrowsGrowing UpGrowingPossibilityInvolvedDirectorsTeenagerWorkshopsKids Growing UpReinventing Author:Len Wiseman
“One of the young production assistants (on 'Terminator: Salvation') stepped over to my chair and said, 'Mr. Ironside, are you any relation to the Ironside who was in 'Top Gun'?' And I said, 'I am, yes.' And she grinned and said, 'I knew it! Talent must run in your family!' And she walked away. And all of the producers and directors kind of looked at me uncertainly, and I said, 'What are you guys so uncomfortable for? That's an incredible compliment. I do look like the father of that guy, for Christ's sake!'” LooksKindSaidRunningYoungGuyFatherChristTalentDirectorsGunRelationSalvationIncrediblesSakeProductionsProducersOur FamilyUncomfortableChairsComplimentThat GuyAssistants Author:Michael Ironside
“My father was a director, and he used to always tell me, "You should be an actress." When I was 17, he gave me a job so that I'd be in the union.” ShouldJobsUsedFatherDirectorsUnionsActresses Author:Katey Sagal
“I was introducing [director and producer] Hal Roach - Mr. Roach was 100 years old, he was one of the fathers of early days in films, he put Laurel with Hardy, he created the Our Gang kids, and all these silent movies he did - he was a giant.” YearsKidsFilmFatherDirectorsSilentProducersGiantsIntroducingGangHardyLaurelsRoachesSilent Movies Author:Billy Crystal