“I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.” BehindsDirectorsExcitingCamerasI RealizedProducers Author:Dino De Laurentiis
“I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to what works and what doesn't work in the theater. And it's good to know that from the beginning.” KnowsWorldWorstDirectorsElementsUnderstoodTheaterI RealizedMysterious Author:Joe Mantello
“That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight.” MenYearsWellsRealShowsNightHairDirectorsI RealizedTonightKillersBroadwayOne Night Author:Barry McGuire
“It's through working with a lot of first-time directors that I realized that people learn on their feet. Everybody works on something for a different reason. Everybody has got something new to learn on these sets, and you don't have to know everything, the second you start.” PeopleKnowsFirstsDifferentReasonFeetDirectorsFirst TimeI RealizedSomething New Author:Jess Weixler
“I was an assistant director for a year, and I realized, 'God, this is a lot of hard work. This is going to take time. So what's the shortcut? What's the better option?' Then thankfully, someone said, 'Why don't you become an actor?'” YearsSaidHardActorsHard WorkDirectorsI RealizedTake TimeAssistantsShortcuts Author:Emraan Hashmi
“As a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. And my own passion was that I wanted to be a film director. I realized that being an astronaut was not going to be an option, so I said, "Well, I'm going to be a director and do films in space."” WellsSaidKidsWantedFilmPassionMy OwnSpaceDirectorsI RealizedAstronautFilm Directors Author:Alfonso Cuaron
“I used to get so worried that if a scene didn't go a certain way, then it was horrible. But then I realized that it was better to give the director options in the editing room than just being locked into how it's supposed to be.” IfsWayGivingUsedCertainRoomsSceneDirectorsI RealizedHorribleSupposed To BeWorriedLockedJust BeingEditing Author:Katie Holmes
“When I read it and I realized that Michael Landon, Jr. was the director of it, I thought...this could work out well. This is not gonna be a hard stretch for me to get the character figured out at all. Outside of the billion dollars, I was living his life...chasing money down. It was a lot of fun.” WellsHardCharacterFunDirectorsDollarsWork OutBillionsI RealizedChasingChasing Money Author:Drew Waters
“I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then going into the editing room, and shooting again.” RoomsDirectorsI RealizedAdmireShootingEditingBergman Author:Marc Forster
“I knew [Jesse Owens'] name, but I really didn't remember what it is he had done, so I felt like I had to get refreshed. So I read the script and I realized like, wow, this is an incredible human being. I told my manager, however I had to do it, let me see the director; I got to play him.” HumansDonePlayRememberNamesFeltHuman BeingsDirectorsLet MeIncrediblesScriptsI RealizedManagersWow Author:Stephan James
“When I read the script [of Good Kill], it read like a science fiction film. And Andrew [writer/director Andrew Niccol] is known for sci-fi. But when I spoke to him, he said this picture was 100% factual, which blew my mind. I realized then how little I knew about the drone program. And I felt that, if I knew so little about it, there must be others who should be educated about what's going on.” IfsShouldMindLittlesSaidFilmFeltFictionKnownDirectorsProgramScience FictionScriptsI RealizedEducatedSpokesSci FiAndrewDronesFactual Author:Zoe Kravitz