“I've been really lucky to work with some really great film people in the past, but television works on a much quicker schedule, and it's the TV directors I've worked with that I looked to and became a big fan of.” PeopleBigsPastFilmFansTelevisionTvsLuckyDirectorsSchedulesReally GreatGreat FilmPeople From The Past Author:Michael Weatherly
“I think Paul Weitz is a really amazing director, obviously with tons of acclaim and stuff, but I still think he is underrated. And I think he's amazing to work with, so I was super lucky.” ThinkingStillsStuffLuckyDirectorsUnderratedReally AmazingAcclaim Author:Nat Wolff
“At school, I decided I wanted to be a director and then I went out and spent the rest of my adult life trying to be a director. It was really clear to me. So in that sense I was very lucky.” TryingWantedSchoolClearLuckyDirectorsAdultsDecided Author:Stephen Daldry
“It's a lucky circumstance when you get to usher in new work, because you are able to ask the playwright and the director (who in a new work is always in dialogue with the playwright) an unlimited amount of questions.” AbleAsksAmountCircumstancesLuckyDirectorsDialogueUnlimitedPlaywrightNew Work Author:Gideon Glick
“I've been very lucky to work with a lot of amazingly supportive directors.” LuckyDirectorsSupportive Author:Megan Hilty
“I've been lucky to get some path-breaking films, which proved to be the turning point in my career. Be it 'Rock on!' 'The Last Lear' or 'Raajneeti,' directors started working in a different way.” WayDifferentLastsFilmCareersPathRocksLuckyDirectorsDifferent WaysTurning PointsLear Author:Arjun Rampal
“I'm lucky that I've worked with so many different directors with very different styles and with a lot of different actors.” DifferentActorsStyleLuckyDirectorsDifferent Styles Author:Emma Watson
“Im so lucky to have the opportunity to work with some directors and some actors I wouldnt have dared to think I would work with one day.” ThinkingActorsOpportunityOne DayLuckyDirectorsSo Lucky Author:Marion Cotillard
“I went to meet Joe Johnston, the director, and he's charming. I've been very lucky. Most of the directors I've worked with are charming. But Joe's a particularly charming man, and he showed me lots of designs and, rather memorably, welcomed me to the Marvel Universe.” MenUniverseDesignLuckyDirectorsCharmingCharming Man Author:Toby Jones
“I never look a gift horse in the mouth. And I've been really, really lucky. I'm aware of that. And my career has been given to me by the people I've worked with, no question. The actors, the directors, the cinematographers, the writers, all of whom gave me the opportunity to work in the way that I have and I'm really grateful.” PeopleWayLooksHas BeensActorsOpportunityGivenCareersLuckyDirectorsMouthsHorseGratefulCinematographers Author:Meryl Streep
“I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being prepared when you are asked to jump on a project. There isn't any one rule that I follow. Obviously, I'll always shoot to work with the best actors, directors and filmmakers. I've been incredibly lucky to be able to do that.” AbleNextActorsWishRolesPlansMastersLuckyDirectorsProjectsLuckPreparedPersistenceFilmmaker Author:Dermot Mulroney
“When you hire great actors, you're lucky, so you just try to create an atmosphere where they can succeed and relax and take risks. You're happy that you get to watch them at the monitor and that your name is on the director's chair.” TryingActorsNamesWatchesRiskLuckySucceedDirectorsAtmosphereRelaxChairsGreat Actors Author:Ben Affleck
“I had to battle it out with all the usual suspects and whatnot and go to the callback. I was lucky that (writer-director) John (Levine) and I were sort of these two white-boy hip-hop-heads from New York. I think that alone got me in the door.” ThinkingTwoWhiteBoysDoorsNew YorkBattleLuckyDirectorsHip HopHipsHopsSuspectsUsualCallbacks Author:Josh Peck
“There's a paraphrase about Orson Welles saying: "Great films are made by great directors and the rest are made by everyone else." I've been very lucky... before I start insulting the profession of directing, but I think a good director is everything and a bad director really is nothing at all.” ThinkingMadeFilmLuckyDirectorsProfessionPhrasesInsultingGreat FilmGood Directors Author:Colin Firth
“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
“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
“I worked with great, brilliant directors. I've been so lucky. It's terrible to compare anyone, because you can't. But I can just tell you that this experience was just a truly magnificent experience for everyone involved.” I CanInvolvedTerribleLuckyDirectorsBrilliantCompareMagnificentSo Lucky Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh
“I hope my talent has something to do with it. I just think this business is so crazy. I obviously do the best I can, and the directors I admire see something in me. But this is a strange business, and there are people who are incredibly talented who never make it, who never get these opportunities. So that's why I say I'm lucky. I don't feel that I'm not talented - I think I am talented - but I also think I'm very lucky.” PeopleThinkingFeelsI CanOpportunityCrazyTalentStrangeLuckyDirectorsAdmireDo The Best Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh
“Roles came to me. I was very, very lucky in that respect. Great directors, great writers, great producers - they saw something in me that they wanted for their picture or their play or whatever it was, whether it was Edward Albee or whether it was - or Peter Hall, directors. They would come to me, thank God. I was lucky. Lucky, lucky, lucky.” PlayWantedRolesSawsLuckyDirectorsProducersHallsThank GodPeterGreat Writers Author:Angela Lansbury
“I've definitely gotten to work with female directors, and I feel lucky because of that. I just feel like more voices should be represented.” FeelsShouldVoiceLuckyDirectorsFemale Author:Zoe Kazan
“I hope, my career is never predictable. And my interests are diverse in that way. I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want to direct. And then when I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig. And I've made it very clear that I'm interested in voiceover work. I mean, I'm always looking for voiceover gigs. I love that.” WayWantFeelsWritingLooksMeanMadeInterestActingResponsibilityCareersClearToo MuchLuckyDirectorsDirectTiredMade ItPensDiverseGigsPredictableI'm TiredBurnt Out Author:Lake Bell
“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
“If I get lucky and I can choose, I would always choose a really good story and screenplay, even if I don't know the director. If there's a good screenplay, there's a chance that something good is going to happen.” IfsKnowsI CanStoriesHappensChanceLuckyDirectorsGood StoryScreenplays Author:Ayelet Zurer
“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
“I was lucky that I was getting exposed to a lot of different kinds of films, and I was liking them all. So it seemed logical to me that you could - as in the style of the studio directors of the 30s and 40s - jump from one genre to the next, with the same satisfaction.” KindDifferentFilmNextStyleLuckyDirectorsSatisfactionStudiosGenreLogicalExposedDifferent Kinds Author:Steven Soderbergh
“I've been very lucky to work with many amazing animators and directors who can interpret and extend the music I make. When it's done well, it can create extra meaning and new context for the song.” WellsDoneSongLuckyDirectorsExtrasAnimator Author:Gotye
“I still feel lucky whenever I hear a director say, "Action!" Because then I think, "Whoa, I'm really in the movies. This is a real thing happening." I've never not been enthralled by that. I still love it. I still love hearing it, and I feel really lucky all the time.” ThinkingFeelsStillsRealActionLuckyDirectorsHappeningsHearingThings HappenReal Things Author:Fred Armisen
“I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and their spirits are crushed, because they work on these screenplays and these projects, and then directors either take them and change everything, rewrite them and make them worse, or they film them and they're nothing like how they imagined it to be.” KindRealFilmSpiritLuckyDirectorsProjectsHollywoodDown AndAll KindsBeatenCrushedScreenplaysScreenwriters Author:Daniel Clowes
“I'm very excited about is that my son Scott is a director and he just finished his first picture. It's called "Lucky 13", it's a low budget picture, it stars Jeremy Dillon, Daryl Hannah and Jami Gertz.” FirstsStarsSonLuckyDirectorsLowsExcitedFinishedBudgetsMy Son Author:Garry Marshall