“I have gone to Albany constantly in my capacity as budget director, because I don't think the way the transit authority works with the City of New York is very appropriate.” ThinkingWayCitiesGoneNew YorkDirectorsAuthorityCapacityBudgetsAppropriateAlbany Author:Joe Lhota
“You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is.” MenLongMadeRememberNamesStarsLosesGoneTalentDirectorsSilentFinishedScreensProducersTitlesGreat Talent Author:Ernst Lubitsch
“Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.” CharacterStoriesActorsGoneTvsDirectorsDrivenCablesCable Tv Author:Kevin Spacey
“A strong film director does leave you to your devices. A strong director allows you to be free and you trust that he's there and he will tell you if you've gone too far. A strong director allows you to be much more experimental and take greater chances than a director who isn't secure within himself.” IfsDoeFilmStrongChanceGoneGreaterDirectorsSecureDevicesFilm Directors Author:Elizabeth Taylor
“When auditioning, I try to imagine that I'm the only person that they [directors] are seeing that day because it can be overwhelming, in the same sense that it could be overwhelming if you try to fulfil everyone's expectations rather than the people closest to you in the creative process, be it your director, or fellow actors and the writers. So, that's kind of it - I try to trick myself into believing that no one has ever gone there before.” PeopleIfsTryingBelieveKindPersonsActorsProcessGoneCreativeImagineSeeingDirectorsExpectationsFellowsTricksOverwhelmingImagine ThatCreative ProcessClosest Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“We are a nation that has always gone in for the loud laugh, the wow, the yak, the belly laugh, and the dozen other labels for the roll- em-in-the-aisles gagerissimo. This is the kind of laugh that delights actors, directors, and producers, but dismays writers of comedy because it is the laugh that often dies in the lobby. The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.” FeelsKindImportantWarHomeDiesActorsNationsQualityAudienceLaughingGoneComedyDirectorsLaughterUnderstoodDelightProducersLabelsLoudEmsWarmthWowDozenBellyMirthAisleAppreciativeDismayChucklesBelly LaughsYaks Book:Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself Source: Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself
“When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor.” WantedActorsGoneJourneyGoes OnDirectorsAfrican AmericanConvinceAllowingReluctantLife Journey Author:Lee Grant
“I think Hollywood has gone in a disastrous path. It's terrible. The years of cinema that were great were the '30s, '40s, not so much the '50s...but then the foreign films took over and it was a great age of cinema as American directors were influenced by them and that fueled the '50s and '60s and '70s.” ThinkingYearsAgeFilmGonePathTerribleDirectorsHollywoodCinema Author:Woody Allen
“I don't recall a show I've ever been on that had the same director do two episodes in a row, but in England, they do it all the time. In England, they'll just have one director for eight episodes. That was the British system that Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner wanted to bring to the States. I think there was a nice merger of the two systems. They might have gone with one director, but John had obligations on The Village, and he had to leave and come back, so it seemed like a natural place to break it up.” ThinkingTwoStatesShowsMightWantedNaturalBreakGoneNiceDirectorsEnglandEightBritishObligationVillageEpisodesRecallsJaneMergers Author:Glen Morgan
“A sportswriter's life means never sitting with your wife or family at the games. Still working after everyone has gone to the party... Digging beneath a coach's lies, not to forget those of athletic directors and general managers and owners of pro teams. Keeping a confidence. Risking it.” MeanStillsLyingGamesForgetPartyGoneWifeTeamDirectorsSittingCoachesManagersOwnersAthleticDiggingLife MeansRisking Your LifeGeneral Manager Author:Dan Jenkins
“It's a weird partnership. For me and Patrick, if you've met him, we're not very much alike. But we bring such different tools to the table. He doesn't think like me. I don't think like him. He thinks like an editor. He thinks like a director. He thinks completely outside of the box when it comes to writing and so because of that he leads me down roads that I would've never gone down. And he sucks at grammar. So together we're perfect.” IfsThinkingWritingDifferentTogetherPerfectGoneMetsDirectorsToolsDown AndTablesBoxesLike MeEditorsPartnershipGrammarDown The RoadLeading Me Author:Todd Farmer
“If you look at what Ben Affleck has gone on to do, as an actor and as a director, it's extraordinary. But if you look back at his career, I don't think it's surprising. From Good Will Hunting on down, the guy is a monster talent, and I think talent wins out, in the end. There's always the ebb and flow of any career, but I think talent wins out, in the end.” IfsThinkingLooksEndsGuyActorsWinningCareersGoneTalentDirectorsFlowExtraordinaryMonstersHuntingSurprisingGood WillEbb And FlowWill Hunting Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“I don't think Roger Ebert has ever mentioned a screenplay. He assigns every auctorial move to the director, which makes some sense since the director has run a one-off game, but if Hamlet were written last year and had been only performed once as a film, and it didn't come off well on screen for whatever reason, it would be gone forever as a literary work, and never would have been considered as one.” IfsThinkingYearsWellsHas BeensReasonWould BeRunningLastsFilmMovingGamesGoneForeverWrittenDirectorsScreensLast YearScreenplaysRogerLiterary Works Author:William Monahan