“There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it.” KindTwoHelpingFilmHouseRoomsFireFourDoorsFiguresDirectorsPlusLocks Author:Michael Pitt
“Sometimes directors may not give you words, you know? They may not talk at all! You've just got to use your radar to figure out how you can get to the center and not lose yourself, but still be directed at the same time.” KnowsGivingMayStillsSometimesUseLosesFiguresDirectorsRadarLosing Yourself Author:Faith Prince
“Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a story.” StoriesJobsFilmLanguageFiguresDirectorsGrammar Author:Darren Aronofsky
“The only way I know as a director is to figure out what the film is about. And out of the theme and the sense of what the film is about, all those decisions start to make sense. But to find that truth within it, you have to limit your possibilities and limit your choices. That's where this visual language grows out of.” KnowsWayFilmChoicesLanguageGrowsDecisionFiguresPossibilityDirectorsLimitsMake SenseThemeVisuals Author:Darren Aronofsky
“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
“In the old days when I first was coming up, you would turn up on set in the morning with your coffee, script, and hangover and you would figure out what you were going to do with the day and how you were going to play the scenes. You would rehearse and then invite the crew in to watch the actors go through the scenes. The actors would go away to makeup and costume and the director and the DP would work out how they were going to cover what the actors had just done.” FirstsDonePlayTurnsActorsWatchesMorningFiguresSceneDirectorsScriptsWork OutCoffeeMakeupGoing AwayInvitesCrewCostumesOld DaysHangover Author:Paul Bettany
“I was always waiting for the secret to be handed down to me. Ron Howard asked me what I was waiting for and I went, "Ron, I'm waiting to know the secret. I keep feeling there's some sort of secret that's going to passed on from a director." He went, "Oh no. There is none. You've just got to on and do it and make mistakes and figure it out."” KnowsFeelingsWaitingSecretMistakeFiguresDirectorsMaking MistakesAlways Waiting Author:Paul Bettany
“I think we all have limitations, as directors. I don't care what the budget is, it's probably never enough money and never enough time. You figure it out. Sometimes the limitations bring more creativity.” ThinkingSometimesEnoughCareCreativityFiguresDirectorsDon't CareLimitationI Don't CareBudgetsEnough Time Author:Francesca Gregorini
“When you work with someone you don't quite know, you have to figure the director out and you can come up with ideas that are counter-productive.” KnowsIdeasFiguresDirectorsCome UpProductive Author:Stellan Skarsgard
“Constance L. Rice, co-director of the Los Angeles of the Advancement Project, told the Times that Seltzer might have been influenced by David Simon's fake ghetto series, "The Wire." It figures. Isn't this sexism? Isn't this a double standard? They're hard on this young woman for her fake ghetto book, yet praise these White guys for theirs. So there's a big market in downing Black men.” MenHas BeensBookHardBigsMightYoungGuyBlackWhiteFiguresDirectorsProjectsStandardsPraiseSeriesFakeLos AngelesSexismYoung WomenMight Have BeenWireAdvancementRiceGhettoDouble StandardWhite GuysDowning Author:Ishmael Reed
“My favorite part about costume designing is the artistry of the job. You meet with a director and a visionary to discuss ideas. You research the characters and figure out the components of their look through your own vision. You create a color palette for a film, television or stage medium and discuss it with the director of photography who then lights your colored subjects.” LooksIdeasCharacterLightJobsFilmVisionSubjectsStageFiguresDesignTelevisionColorDirectorsPhotographyResearchMy FavoriteMediumsCostumesComponentsVisionariesArtistryPalette Author:Ruth E. Carter
“Every time you start a movie is to explore with a director and if you can with the actors and with the other collaborators and try to figure out what's the best way to tell the specific story.” IfsWayTryingStoriesActorsFiguresDirectorsBest WayCollaborators Author:Emmanuel Lubezki
“I like a director who is very observant and is watching what I'm doing and noticing what I'm doing, but is giving me time to figure it out. They don't jump right in and give you a note before you've had time to really search on your own with how to do a scene.” GivingFiguresSceneDirectorsNotesNoticingObservant Author:Julia Stiles