“Recently I have been spending my lunch with other game directors playing over local connection battle in Spirit Tracks. It is very good to do that in order to facilitate better communications between us. I have been partnering with the director of the Spirit Tracks to fight against the director of the new Wii game and yes, recently we have been winning!” Has BeensSpiritOrderFightingGamesWinningCommunicationBattleDirectorsConnectionsVery GoodTrackSpendingLocalsLunchFacilitateWiiPartnering Author:Eiji Aonuma
“On working with director Werner Herzog: I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague.” FightingWishBreakFameDirectorsSequencePlague Author:Klaus Kinski
“As a director, you're only as good as your collaborators. You surround with collaborators that are going to understand what you're trying to do. Not only that, they're going to push and fight for what you're trying to do.” TryingFightingDirectorsSurroundCollaborators Author:Alfonso Cuaron
“One of the good things is the relationship between director and editor used to be more contentious. Studios used to leave directors alone more during the post production process and now they're clamoring to get in. So, the director and the editor end up teaming up sort of against the studio to fight what they're doing and you lose the creative tension that you used to have between an editor and a director.” EndsUsedFightingProcessLosesCreativeDirectorsGood ThingsProductionsStudiosUsed To BePostsTensionEditorsContentiousPost ProductionCreative TensionTeaming Up Author:Michael Sucsy
“Even if my movies weren't big blockbusters, directors generally liked me, so they would fight for me.” IfsBigsFightingDirectorsBlockbusterFight For Me Author:Mark Ruffalo
“In the States, I learned to fight for every idea. Sometimes, a director has to be a tyrant to keep the quality.” IdeasSometimesStatesFightingQualityDirectorsTyrants Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“In comics, the writer is also the director in a certain way. So if this were a film, you wouldn't tell the cinematographer to make a good fight scene while you go and get a cup of coffee.” IfsWayFilmCertainFightingSceneDirectorsCoffeeCupsCoffee CupGood FightCinematographers Author:Max Bemis
“You'll still work with some directors where that doesn't happen, and sometimes it's out of necessity because you're in a really complicated, choreographed fight scene and the whole thing is being prevised in a computer, so it's been decided months before, but I think that's sneaking into the way action scenes are shot.” ThinkingWayStillsSometimesWholeHappensActionFightingMonthsSceneDirectorsComputerShotsDecidedComplicated Author:Paul Bettany
“The director of The Sopranos told me that, if I wouldn't gain weight, I would lose my job. I didn't look like the girl who ate pasta all day. This was an extra stimulation to fight my eating problems.” IfsLooksProblemJobsGirlFightingLosesDirectorsEatingGainsWeightExtrasPastaStimulationSopranos Author:Jamie Lynn Sigler
“I worked for 20 directors as a production designer, most male. I was on the set to witness firsthand a range of sometimes atrocious emotions - well-documented firings, yellings, fights between directors and actors, hookers, abusive things, budget overages, lack of preparation. A man gets a standing ovation for crying because he's so sensitive, but a woman is shamed.” MenWellsSometimesFightingActorsEmotionCryDirectorsStandingMalesProductionsWitnessPreparationRangeBudgetsSensitiveDesignerYellingAbusiveFiringOvation Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“If you are the writer/director especially, no one cares more about the project than you do. You know it in and out. You created it. So always listen to input but don't be afraid to veto and fight decisions that you know instinctively are wrong.” IfsKnowsCareFightingDecisionDirectorsProjectsDo You KnowInputNo One CaresVeto Author:Zoe Cassavetes
“I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play, so I started to think like, "well if I'm going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct".” IfsThinkingShouldWellsPlayFightingHugeDirectorsConceptsDirectCompromisePlaywrightBad Experiences Author:Adam Rapp
“A director is what a director wants to be. If you want to force something, you can fight to the death and maybe get fired, but it's your job to help push things along.” IfsWantDifferentHelpingJobsFightingForceSituationDirectors Author:Jon M. Chu