“The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the crew has all eyes on the captain. If they come in going, "I don't know. Maybe we'll do this. Maybe we'll do that," you've got 10 days to shoot and they don't care what you're doing.” IfsKnowsMatterEyeCareEnergyLevelsTalentDirectorsNo Matter WhatDon't CareShipsCaptainsCrewEnergy Levels Author:Melissa Leo
“Today the average inhabitant of the western hemisphere knows a little of everything. He has the newspaper on his breakfast table and wireless within reach. For the evening there is the film, cards, or a meeting to complete a day spent in the office or factory where nothing that is essential has been learnt. With slight variation this picture of a low cultural average holds good over the entire range from factory-hand of clerk to manager or director. Only the personal will to culture, in whatever field and however pursued raises modern man above this level.” KnowsMenLittlesHas BeensHandsTodayFilmCultureLevelsModernFieldsDirectorsEssentialsOfficeLowsRaisesTablesMeetingsWesternAverageNewspapersCardsEveningManagersRangeBreakfastFactoriesPursuedVariationClerksWirelessModern ManHemisphereWithin Reach Author:Johan Huizinga
“There's something special about working with picture and adding music to picture that really takes you to a whole new level. It's always the director's picture first, and I'm there to help tell the story.” FirstsWholeHelpingStoriesLevelsSpecialDirectorsSomething Special Author:Lior Ron
“It's such an intimate experience, being a director, artistically. It's deep and it's satisfying and it's wonderful, on so many levels, but it's also really scary.” LevelsWonderfulDirectorsScaryIntimateSatisfyingReally Scary Author:Russell Crowe
“I was never a nightclub manager or a hostess. I want to make that very clear. I was an executive at my club. I was a director of VIP operations, that's much different than a manager, that's much different than a waitress, it's different than, you know, a host - I was like an executive-level position” KnowsWantDifferentLevelsClearPositionDirectorsClubsManagersOperationsExecutivesHostWaitressNightclubsHostessesVip Author:Rachel Uchitel
“One thing I would like to do, as the director, I would really like to shoot the movie widescreen, 2.35:1, which we haven't done in any of the movies yet and I think that would really provide another opportunity for scares and suspense, particularly because since Chucky, our villain, is only two feet tall, it makes sense to define the space horizontally rather than vertically. I think that will take it to another level.” ThinkingTwoDoneOpportunitySpaceLevelsOne ThingFeetHavensDirectorsSuspenseMake SenseTallScareVillainAnother Opportunity Author:David Kirschner
“I ain't the first on the list that people are sending scripts to. I'm very lucky. I've managed to put myself in the position with some directors, who will be calling me directly, and we're working on things and talking about things, but that's on a purely creative level.” PeopleFirstsLevelsTalkingCreativePositionCallingLuckyDirectorsScriptsLists Author:Christian Bale
“Things maybe take longer usually when it comes to TV - especially network TV. There are usually multiple levels that you have to go through in terms of the casting director, the producers, the studio, the network, reading with other people.” PeopleReadingTermLevelsTvsDirectorsStudiosProducersMultipleCastingCasting Directors Author:Andre Holland
“People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are. On a certain level, everyone throws ideas into the hopper. It's not like the actors are wind-up dolls that you push out onto the floor, play with, then put back in the box. You get people around you who you trust; the writer, the producer, the director and all the actors all contribute.” PeopleMadeIdeasDifferentPlayCertainActorsLevelsWindDirectorsBoxesProducersDollsDifferent Ideas Author:Richard Gere
“There are so many female directors coming into the industry and a lot of them have important stories they want to tell that seem to fall a little bit more on the indie level.” WantLittlesImportantStoriesSeemsFallBitsLevelsIndustryDirectorsLittle BitFemale Author:Anne Fletcher
“On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene, but you need them to also have that sense of fun and that sense of movement and that ability to get the actors to really respond to the material in the way that you want them to. It's a very big thing.” WayWantNeedsBigsActionActorsFunSimpleAbilityLevelsMovementMaterialsSceneDirectorsBig Things Author:Adrian Hodges
“I am not interested in simply working as a director. If I am not making movies that I want to make, that I feel passionate about, or that I feel are hopefully at the level of cinematic quality that I feel they should be then I am not really that interested.” IfsWantFeelsShouldLevelsQualityDirectorsPassionateHopefullyNot InterestedCinematic Author:Brad Furman
“Noah Baumbach does more takes than any director I've ever worked with. He runs a very quiet set and he runs a very hard working set. He has such an intense level of dedication to what's happening that he cultivates a group of people around him who have an equal level of dedication. Nobody asks, "When is lunch?" That's just not part of our sets. It's complete immersion. He has a 'no cell phone' rule. Nobody checks their cell phone. Nobody reads on set. It's like, "If you're there, you're there. If you're not on board with that, don't work on this movie."” PeopleIfsDoeHardRunningAsksLevelsGroupsHard WorkQuietDirectorsEqualHappeningsPhonesIntenseChecksCellsBoardsLunchDedicationCell PhoneImmersion Author:Greta Gerwig
“Also, to get to work with serious filmmakers on this kind of a movie, has elevated these movies. We were so lucky, as actors, that the crew of directors that we've gotten to work with are totally really super high-end filmmakers. But, Bill Condon had a vision and it was so specific. He's really passionate. I think he's taken the story to another level.” ThinkingKindEndsStoriesActorsLevelsVisionTakenSeriousLuckyDirectorsBillsPassionateFilmmakerCrewSo Lucky Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“The only entry level position on a movie is director.” LevelsPositionDirectorsEntry Author:Colin Hanks
“Actors can make five movies a year. A director can make one movie, every two years. It's a whole different level of commitment and of sweat equity, and therefore there's a direct correlation to passion.” YearsTwoDifferentWholePassionActorsLevelsFiveDirectorsCommitmentDirectTwo YearsSweatEquityDifferent LevelsCorrelation Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“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
“With actors and directors, it's a conversation that you have. You have to learn each other's language and learn how to communicate with each other effectively. It's really nice when you can have that communication on a level where they walk up to you and you can see by the expression on their face what they want. You don't even have to talk, it just like, "Got it!" And, you know what they want before they even ask for it.” KnowsWantFacesActorsAsksLanguageWalksLevelsNiceExpressionCommunicationDirectorsConversationCommunicateUp To YouReally Nice Author:Ashton Kutcher
“Most of the books that I've adapted I'm doing because I love the book and I feel like it's a great work of art in itself, and when it's a great book I feel as a director or a writer that I have a responsibility to rise to the level of the original. It makes me try to reach higher.” FeelsTryingArtBookLevelsResponsibilityHigherDirectorsOriginalsWorks Of ArtGreat WorkAdaptedGreat Book Author:James Franco