“I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a mutinous vibe because the infinite capacities of the directors and everybody else become quite finite and everybody's under the gun and it becomes work.” KnowsFilmWeekDirectorsGunCapacityNegativeInfiniteDragFiniteFilm Set Author:Diane Lane
“A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.” FilmProcessSolitudeDirectorsEditingCrazinessFilm Set Author:Alan Parker
“The great thing about having spent all this time on film sets is that I've been able to watch directors and how they work. I now know that this is what I want to do as well: to tell stories visually. But it's definitely my vision that I want to put across, nobody else's.” KnowsWantWellsStoriesAbleFilmVisionWatchesDirectorsGreat ThingsFilm Set Author:Catherine McCormack
“On a film set, we're all glorified troubleshooters, really, as directors. It's not if a problem arises. It's when.” IfsProblemFilmDirectorsAriseFilm Set Author:Christine Swanson
“The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.” FilmDirectorsLet MeBest TimesFilm Set Author:Mara Wilson
“I think the dictator director is based upon stories from the past. I don't think anyone would put up with it now. There are a lot of people on a film set with egos. So, to be completely authoritarian, you'd probably have to have a reputation like Kurosowa or somebody to get away with it.” PeopleThinkingStoriesPastFilmDirectorsEgoReputationGet AwayDictatorFilm Set Author:Colin Firth
“There's no point in it unless it's a story that you really want to tell. It's a nebulous job. Unless you're doing it well, you're not doing anything. And there are a few of those. It's perfectly possible to be a passenger on a film set because if somebody else has written it, you can make nothing of that role and that's exactly what bad directors do.” IfsWantWellsStoriesJobsFilmRolesWrittenDirectorsNo PointPassengersFilm Set Author:Colin Firth