“I try to attach myself to people who really inspire me, and directors who are really passionate. That way, I can give myself more fully and trust the impulse behind why the film is being made, and I can be a little more irresponsible in finding out what the character is.” PeopleWayGivingTryingLittlesMadeI CanCharacterFilmBehindsInspireDirectorsFindingsPassionateImpulseIrresponsible Author:Willem Dafoe
“I aspire to be an instrument of the director. I'm happiest like that. The stronger the director, the more I'm willing to give them.” GivingWillingDirectorsStrongerInstrumentsAspire Author:Willem Dafoe
“I'm so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I'm very responsive. I react. And I treasure the energy that reaction gives.” GivingActorsEnergyDirectorsTreasureReactionsDependentReacting Author:Ben Kingsley
“What's interesting, is that I've found that the more accomplished a director is, the more secure they are in giving direction that sounds incredibly unsophisticated.” GivingFoundSoundInterestingDirectorsSecureAccomplishedGiving Directions Author:Aaron Sorkin
“If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director. Part of the freedom in directing, for me, is that I'm also the camera operator. That's the place where things are less rigid, where I can adjust as I go along.” IfsGivingWellsI CanFilmWrittenDirectorsCamerasCleverWell WrittenOperatorsVery Clever Author:Patrice Leconte
“Ferguson, as a manager, and Ken, as a director, are very similar. One's a great manager, the other a great director, but both have a lot of humanity and a lot of humility. They always give you the energy... with Ferguson when we played a game it was like it was his first game - he's so passionate and gives you ambition every time. And Ken works the same way - they're very similar.” WayGivingFirstsHumanityGamesEnergyHumilityDirectorsAmbitionPassionateManagersGreat MenFergusonGreat Managers Author:Eric Cantona
“The advice you give to young directors for sure is to go out and become some version of a successful movie actor. Do that first and say yes to people like Terrence Malick and Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen when they come and offer you movies. It's a great front row seat to filmmaking.” PeopleGivingFirstsYoungActorsSuccessfulAdviceFrontsOffersDirectorsVersionsSeatsFilmmakingWoodyMovie Actors Author:Sean Penn
“I was the enemy of the major studio. I believed in one man - one film. I believed one man should make the film. And I believed the director should be that one man. One man should do it - I didn't give a damn who. I just couldn't accept art as a committee. I could only accept art as an extension of an individual.” MenGivingShouldArtFilmIndividualAcceptingEnemyDirectorsMajorsStudiosDamnOne ManCommitteesExtensions Author:Frank Capra
“Never give up. I do believe it is harder for female directors. I have been lucky to receive support from the Sundance Institute for my first film. I'm eternally grateful for their support. I think you need to be surrounded artistically and follow your intuition - always follow your intuition.” ThinkingNeedsGivingFirstsBelieveHas BeensFilmSupportLuckyDirectorsGiving UpFemaleHarderGratefulIntuitionNever Giving UpInstituteSundance Author:Sophie Barthes
“Mr. Cukor is a hard task-master, a fine director and he took me over the coals giving me the roughest time I have ever had. And I am eternally grateful.” GivingHardMastersFineDirectorsTasksGratefulCoal Author:Joan Crawford
“It's a lot of power to give the director to edit his own stuff. It's also a time thing: you don't want to have to wait for the guy to finish shooting before he starts editing.” WantGivingGuyStuffWaitingDirectorsShootingEditingEdits Author:Joe Dante
“I always think I could do better. I always think that something could be more perfect, but I think that that's just within my nature. I think I want to please a director, I want to give my everything and find every which way I could have burrowed further into a character.” ThinkingWayWantGivingCharacterPerfectPleaseDirectors Author:Emmy Rossum
“We, as women, often believe that we have to endear ourselves by acting modestly. But that leads personnel directors to think: Anyone who gives themselves away so cheaply cannot be very good. On that point, women need to get much, much more self-confident and tough.” ThinkingNeedsGivingBelieveSelfActingDirectorsToughVery GoodPersonnelSelf Confident Author:Kristina Schroder
“I'm friends with [David] Fincher. [James] Cameron gives me advice. I know a fair amount of directors who have been through it, and they all felt pretty confident that I would be fine when I got my shot. So their confidence made me feel confident.” KnowsGivingFeelsHas BeensMadeWould BeFeltAdviceFineAmountDirectorsShotsFairsGive MeCameron Author:Timothy Miller
“I started off as a director, so when I see other actors directing, it gives me hope that maybe they'll put me into that position at some point, too.” GivingActorsPositionDirectorsGive Me Author:Niall Matter
“It's rare that I'm working on a movie and that's the case. My goal is the same, ultimately at a certain point you give it to the director and their vision. You're there to support that vision.” GivingCertainGoalVisionCasesSupportDirectors Author:Charles Roven
“A director once said, when I was complaining about something or other, "I agree, it is terrible. The worst thing you can do to an actor is give him a job." That shut me up and broke off a big hunk of my actor's cynical armor.” GivingSaidBigsJobsActorsCan DoWorstTerribleDirectorsAgreeComplainingBrokeCynicalWorst ThingsArmorHunk Author:Jeff Raz
“If you have the right actors and you can give them the freedom to explore, you've done a lot of your work as a director.” IfsGivingDoneActorsDirectors Author:Andy Garcia
“I love telling truthful honest stories. I suppose I'd love the opportunity to be a superhero within a realistic dramatic piece. It would have opportunity for humor too of course. And ideally I would be the writer/director? (Though I suppose if I was, it is POSSIBLE I would give myself a meaty but smaller part so I could focus on the latter of my duties... Maybe).” IfsGivingStoriesWould BeCoursesOpportunityFocusPiecesHonestDutyDirectorsDramaticLatterTelling The TruthRealisticTruthfulSuperhero Author:E.J. Bonilla
“There's always room. That's what the directors usually want. They want the performer to bring themselves and give what they have to give for the role. The smart ones allow that to happen because then it becomes even more organic within the performer's imagination. It becomes even more real. It's not always a given in other films, but when Gunn works, and we all work together in a collaborative way like that, it becomes a given that you bring it. It becomes a lot of fun.” WayWantGivingRealHappensTogetherFilmGivenFunImaginationRoomsRolesDirectorsSmartWorking TogetherPerformers Author:Michael Rooker
“I just saw Titanic, which is a $200 million film about a real-life disaster at sea, but according to Hollywood Logic, none of the actual passengers was interesting enough, so the writer-director had to invent a Romeo and Juliet-style fictional couple to heat up the catastrophe. This seems a tiny bit like giving Anne Frank a wacky best friend, to perk up that attic.” GivingRealEnoughSeemsFilmBitsInterestingMillionsSawsSeaStyleCoupleDirectorsLogicHollywoodTinyDisasterReal LifeHeatFrankCatastrophePassengersJulietPerksAtticsWacky Author:Paul Rudnick
“I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.” WantGivingCharacterStoriesFilmDirectorsAgree Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and to exercise taste and judgment in helping the actor give his best possible performance.” KnowsWantGivingCharacterHelpingJobsActorsLinesEmotionalExerciseTasteSceneDirectorsJudgmentPerformancesStatementsTaste And Judgment Author:Stanley Kubrick
“Again, I want to give credit where credit is due to our voice director, Collette Sunderman, who is someone that works out an incredible juggling act. I refer to it as juggling cats with vertigo, and the cats don't have vertigo, but the juggler has vertigo.” WantGivingVoiceDirectorsCatIncrediblesWork OutCreditDuesJugglingJugglersVertigo Author:Jeph Loeb
“I would say it was the directors. We have to give credit to the directors for this, because in the script, we just said, "Gru's Minions do this or do that" in the initial draft. And then, they came up with the characters' design and the philosophical concept of the Minions. And then, we started writing to that. We have to give a lot of credit to them.” GivingWritingSaidCharacterDesignDirectorsConceptsPhilosophicalScriptsCreditInitialsMinionsCharacter Design Author:Cinco Paul
“As a designer, design director or any creative person, you have to hire great people, support them and make them feel comfortable so they can contribute and give you their best.” PeopleGivingFeelsPersonsSupportCreativeDesignDirectorsComfortableDesignerGreat PeopleCreative Person Author:Tom Ford
“To go into more specifics regarding actors, whether they're from Korea or the U.S., all actors know if they are loved by the director. When they feel that love from the director, they respond by giving a great performance on camera. Also, everyone on set - the crew, the actors - they were aware of the film's message and its broad theme, so these big issues were never discussed on set.” IfsKnowsGivingFeelsBigsFilmActorsIssuesDirectorsMessagesPerformancesCamerasThemeBroadsCrewKoreaSpecificsGreat Performance Author:Kim Jee-woon
“There are directors, and I think this is true of all directors, it would be true if I was a director - If the actor didn't want to do what I was suggesting, I would let him do it his way, and then I would say to him, "Just give me one where you do what the director wants", and that, of course, is the take that's used.” IfsThinkingWayWantGivingWould BeUsedCoursesActorsDirectorsGive MeBeing TrueSuggesting Author:Ian Mckellen
“If you don't have a brilliant screenplay, then you either have amazing actors who give you the chance to improve whatever is on the page, or an interesting director who has enough faith in the project that they can carry it through and get it somewhere. One of those factors needs to happen. If not, it's sad.” IfsNeedsGivingEnoughHappensActorsChanceInterestingDirectorsProjectsPagesBrilliantFactorsScreenplays Author:Ayelet Zurer
“Every director is different, but the insights from new people on set give you a different opinion and perspective, which is always embraced, in some way.” PeopleWayGivingDifferentOpinionPerspectiveDirectorsInsightDifferent Opinions Author:Dominique McElligott
“I don't know if directors go, 'Hey! We've got another suicide-let's call Robin Tunney! It's weird, but they're all different, and I guess it gives the characters some kind of power... At least I play women who are strong enough to take the power into their own hands! And kill themselves! So many women in films just shoot themselves in the head anyway, because they're not really there for any reason.” IfsKnowsGivingKindDifferentReasonEnoughPlayCharacterHandsFilmStrongDirectorsSuicideHeyStrong EnoughRobins Author:Robin Tunney
“I give everything to my work, and I like complex roles, characters that aren't obvious. I've been very lucky so far, and I'm dreaming of working with directors like Jane Campion, Susanne Bier and the Dardennes. But the gods will decide.” GivingCharacterDreamRolesLuckyDirectorsComplexesObviousGods WillJane Author:Eva Green
“The best and most talented directors - and I think it goes for people too - are the most confident in giving room to their actors and trusting them.” PeopleThinkingGivingActorsRoomsDirectors Author:Ari Graynor
“With acting it's your neck up there in the end. And if you think the director can't help you it's one thing. But if you feel they're reining you in when they need to be giving you some rope, or vice versa, then I just don't tolerate that.” IfsThinkingNeedsGivingFeelsEndsHelpingActingOne ThingDirectorsVicesNecksTolerateRopeVice Versa Author:John Malkovich
“I think directors can be a little insensitive to how vulnerable an actor is, when he's giving a performance. Part of the job of an actor is to invite scrutiny, but with that, the people around them have to nurture that and put them in an environment where they feel safe and they feel like they can risk something.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsLittlesJobsActorsEnvironmentRiskDirectorsSafePerformancesVulnerableInvitesNurtureScrutinyInsensitive Author:Eric Balfour
“As a director, you want to be really connected to every part of your set, from your actors all the way to your camera operators. Everybody is a part of the creative process, and if they feel like they're part of a team versus just being a tool, they're going to give you something special.” IfsWayWantGivingFeelsActorsProcessCreativeTeamSpecialDirectorsToolsCamerasConnectedCreative ProcessJust BeingVersusSomething SpecialOperators Author:Eric Balfour
“Every day is still exciting. I have like a very good system worked out with my editor. Some directors are in there every day, sitting there in the room with the editor. I lose perspective incredibly quickly, and so what I do is I watch...I come in the room and give very specific notes and then I go back to my house or in my office and I watch the dailies.” GivingStillsHouseLosesRoomsWatchesPerspectiveDirectorsOfficeSittingExcitingNotesVery GoodEditors Author:Nicholas Stoller
“I've been fortunate to work with good directors who understand improvisation and understand the way comedians work. Luke Basan let me do my thing like do what you feel and take the character to another level. Quentin Tarrantino was more of an acting coach. He can teach you beats and then hell say go with it but give this feeling. So I've been fortunate to work with good, seasoned directors.” WayGivingFeelsCharacterFeelingsLevelsActingTeachHellDirectorsBeatsLet MeCoachesComedianFortunateImprovisationLukeQuentinGood Directors Author:Chris Tucker
“I have tried to write soundtracks, and the main problem with those was that the directors often had in their minds a much stronger sense of what they wanted to hear, than what I was willing to give them, and I guess there was no way to say, "Well why don't you write your scene around my music?" Because that's just cocky and awful.” WayGivingWritingMindWellsProblemWantedWillingSceneDirectorsMusic IsStrongerAwfulCockySoundtracks Author:Zach Condon
“My big break was becoming the spokesperson for Texas Instruments. Casting directors really started giving me a chance to read for projects.” GivingBigsChanceBreakBecomingDirectorsProjectsInstrumentsTexasCastingCasting Directors Author:Bella Thorne
“It's because you have no power. You give them all the material and the cinematographer, the director, the editor, boy what they can choose... You better hope they like you because they can slice and dice and make you look like a damn fool when your face and body are up there on a 30-foot screen.” GivingLooksBodyFacesBoysFeetMaterialsLike YouFoolDirectorsScreensDamnYour FaceEditorsDiceCinematographers Author:William Mapother
“As a director, I hoped that I was able to help the actors by giving them the space and the respect they need and the trust. I gave them what I always felt I needed when I was working.” NeedsGivingHelpingAbleActorsFeltSpaceNeededDirectors Author:Angelina Jolie
“I really like directors who give you a certain amount of autonomy because I think a lot about my characters and I think a lot about scenes and choices.” ThinkingGivingCharacterCertainChoicesAmountSceneDirectorsAutonomy Author:Sarah Gadon
“In my experience, directors who are the most comfortable with themselves and confident in their work give you and everybody on the crew the freedom and the space to create. It's the people who are more insecure who feel the need to control and micromanage.” PeopleNeedsGivingFeelsSpaceDirectorsComfortableCrewInsecure Author:Sarah Gadon
“If anyone has the opportunity to work with that woman, jump at it. She is the most generous, most giving director I have ever worked with in my entire life. She is classy. She speaks a dozen difference languages.” IfsGivingOpportunitySpeakLanguageDifferencesDirectorsGenerousDozen Author:Tituss Burgess
“A good director creates an environment which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.” GivingActorsActingEnvironmentDirectorsEncouragementGood DirectorsSupport And Encouragement Author:Kevin Bacon
“At any given day you have to be ready with everything. It can be that the director says "this one's done and I need a new one." And you're like, "oh my god! I only have two months, no way!" So your design approach is completely different. You develop, let's say six things at the same time, and try to be ready everyday to give it away.” WayNeedsGivingTryingTwoDifferentDoneGivenDesignReadyMonthsDirectorsSixApproachEverydayTwo Months Author:Daniel Simon
“A guy friend I was speaking to said he was talking to a group of male producersand he was just shocked that they said, "But if we give women directors a job they're going to take jobs away from the men." I almost fell out of my chair. But when I encounter this kind of thing, what I try to do is give a chiropractic adjustment to the mind, quickly.” IfsMenGivingTryingMindKindSaidJobsGuyTalkingGroupsHe ManDirectorsMalesEncountersChairsThey SaidShockedAdjustmentChiropracticGuy Friend Author:Rose McGowan
“The vast majority of people support the idea of an enlightened, modern union of countries demonstrating solidarity. Film director Wim Wenders recently summed up the problem to me very well. He said the idea of Europe has become an administration, and now people think that the administration is the idea. But that doesn't mean we should give up on the idea - it means we should change the administration.” PeopleThinkingGivingShouldWellsMeanSaidIdeasCountryProblemFilmSupportModernDirectorsGiving UpEuropeMajorityUnionsAdministrationEnlightenedSolidarityDemonstratingFilm Directors Author:Martin Schulz
“I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.” GivingFilmRolesDirectorsComposerMinorsJuicy Author:Cliff Martinez