“I'm always looking for opportunities, even when they're not offered to me. I will have no hesitation to pick up the phone and call a director or call a writer.” OpportunityDirectorsPicksPhonesHesitation Author:Hilary Swank
“I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.” FeelsShouldDirectorsPicksShould HaveCriticsPhonesGood Relationship Author:Zubin Mehta
“I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.” HardCertainWatchesDirectorsPicksInspiredWatch Movie Author:Noah Baumbach
“There's more emphasis on art and culture in Europe than there is in the United States and I think that a lot of American directors and writers are just trying to copy other American horror films, they don't pick up much in the way that European filmmakers do.” ThinkingWayTryingArtStatesFilmCultureUnitedUnited StatesHorrorDirectorsPicksEuropeFilmmakerCopiesEmphasisHorror FilmArt And Culture Author:Wes Craven
“Directors don't get to see other directors at work - they're the only one on the set. I've met directors who've asked me what another filmmaker is like. So, there's probably nobody better placed to make all the comparisons and to pick up stuff than an actor.” ActorsStuffMetsDirectorsPicksFilmmakerComparison Author:Colin Firth
“I'm trying to avoid any more asshole roles, at least for a little bit. The main criteria for me when choosing a project is a good director. I just want to work with these guys that I admire because I do want to direct my own films one day, and I want to pick their brains to see what their process is like, and see what I can take from that.” WantTryingLittlesI CanFilmGuyBitsProcessMy OwnBrainRolesOne DayDirectorsProjectsLittle BitPicksDirectAdmireCriteriaGood Directors Author:Dave Franco
“We're not allowed in the cutting room - and that's extraordinary. So, when a director is asking for certain nuances and colours and we feel that they're phoney, but we do it because the director asks for it, that's the one that they pick in the cutting room. And I contend that when you see a movie with bad acting, don't blame the actor... blame those guys in the cutting room because they like that take.” FeelsGuyCertainActorsAsksRoomsActingCuttingDirectorsPicksAskingBlameExtraordinaryColourNuanceBad Acting Author:Dustin Hoffman
“The biggest thing I've noticed with some of my favorite directors is their gift of sticking a bunch of strangers in a room together and making them comfortable and making them into a cohesive group. There's magic involved, because you don't know why anybody would pick this group of people.” PeopleKnowsTogetherRoomsMagicGroupsInvolvedDirectorsComfortablePicksMy FavoriteStrangerBunch Author:Alison Pill
“What can Americans learn from the Olympics spectacle? According to the IMF, China will succeed America as the dominant economic power in the course of the next presidential term, so Howard Fineman, editorial director of the Huffington Post and MSNBC mainstay, was anxious to pick up tips. 'Brits long ago lost their empire,' he tweeted, 'but overall show us how to lose global power gracefully.' So there's that.” LongShowsAmericaCoursesNextLostTermLosesEconomicSucceedDirectorsPicksChinaPostsPresidentialEmpiresAnxiousLong AgoOlympicsDominantEditorialsEconomic PowerBritsImf Author:Mark Steyn
“You don't pick black actors or black directors because they are black. You pick them because they are good. If you lend somebody 50 million dollars you want you're money back. You don't care if they are oppressed. You just want you're money back.” IfsWantCareActorsBlackMillionsDirectorsPicksDollarsDon't CareOppressedMillion Dollars Author:Denzel Washington
“I was really fortunate from the time I arrived in Hollywood to work with some of the greatest directors from the beginning. I worked with Robert Altman, John Boorman, and of course Steven Spielberg, Michael Cimino, Brian De Palma ... I couldn't pick one of them; they were all different, but they are all so talented.” DifferentCoursesDirectorsPicksHollywoodFortunateBrian Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“If you're onstage and you're improvising and nothing's happening, people are racing for the door. But the director can go shopping later and pick up pieces and moments and insert them.” PeopleIfsMomentsPiecesDoorsDirectorsHappeningsPicksRacingShoppingImprovisingInsert Author:Gary Cole