“I'm just trying to find a good project. Work with a good director, someone I really admire. Find a good role.” TryingRolesDirectorsProjectsAdmireGood Directors Author:Logan Lerman
“To be a film director is not a democracy, it's really a tyranny. You're the head of the project, for better rather than worse. I write the film and I direct the film, I decide who's going to be in it, I decide on the editing, I put in the music from my own record collection.” WritingFilmMy OwnDemocracyRecordsDirectorsProjectsDirectTyrannyCollectionsEditingFilm Directors Author:Woody Allen
“You have different people who come into your life and they affect you in a way and leave an impact on you. Whether it's projects or friends or directors, it's just an opportunity that people give me.” PeopleWayGivingDifferentOpportunityDirectorsProjectsGive MeImpactDifferent Peoples Author:Selena Gomez
“There is a sort of creative purity in an independent film, in the passion of the director, the passion of the crew. They're not getting a whole lot of money, so you know they are not there because they want to get rich. Instead, they are there because they want to make a movie. In the bigger films, I remember when I used to do those, it's just a job for a lot of people, so there is less of an intense energy devoted to the whole project.” PeopleKnowsWantWholeJobsRememberFilmUsedPassionEnergyCreativeRichDirectorsProjectsBiggerIndependentIntensePurityDevotedLots Of MoneyCrewRemember WhenGet RichIndependent FilmPassion And Purity Author:Amy Irving
“Every relationship should eventually become a long-term relationship. Any director that I meet now isn't just a director. He's potentially a friend, and someone I can call to do a project that I want or that I have. That's what I mean when I say branding and developing yourself, as a business.” WantShouldMeanLongI CanTermDirectorsProjectsDevelopingLong TermBrandingLong Term Relationship Author:Kevin Hart
“I'm a lot more selective with work these days. My perfect plan is to do one movie every nine months. It would have to be a project that I found inspiring. It would also have to include other actors and a director I am inspired to work with.” ActorsFoundPerfectPlansMonthsDirectorsProjectsInspiredNineThese DaysSelectiveNine MonthsInspired To Work Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don't want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So that's a big difference.” WantImportantBigsActorsDifferencesDirectorsProjectsFilmmaker Author:Eriq La Salle
“Hollywood people don't want to be embarrassed by being involved with someone who isn't happening and cool at the time. But I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna be watching.” PeopleWantMadeDifferentDoneActorsMaterialsInvolvedDirectorsProjectsHappeningsHollywoodExcitingCriticsEmbarrassedStanding Out Author:Pauly Shore
“I am excited by this collaboration: this is the first time H&M involves a Fashion Director in a special project. This is the sign of an important evolution in fashion, and I am both thrilled and humbled to be the one chosen to lead it. I wanted to create precious accessories that are impossible to find. As a stylist I know accessorization is essential: it is the personal touch to any outfit. With these pieces everybody can have fun, turning an ordinary day into a fantastic fashion day” KnowsFirstsImportantWantedFunPiecesImpossibleSpecialFashionEvolutionDirectorsEssentialsProjectsOrdinaryFirst TimeExcitedChosenFantasticHaving FunCollaborationAccessoriesStylistOrdinary DaysPersonal Touch Author:Anna Dello Russo
“As a director, you should choose a project that will educate you and enrich your life, because you're going to be doing it for two years.” ShouldYearsTwoDirectorsProjectsTwo YearsEducate Author:Rob Marshall
“Hmm, can I be obvious and say there is probably a double standard for male vs. female directors? Sadly, I think that's actually the case. And it probably stems from the fact that there are proportionately so many fewer women directors than men ones that each project is perhaps more closely scrutinized for its content.” ThinkingMenFactsCasesDirectorsProjectsStandardsFemaleMalesObviousFewerStemDouble StandardHmm Author:Lynn Shelton
“As a director, you just have to kind of like just get through the first project before starting on the next one.” FirstsKindNextDirectorsProjectsStartingThe Next One Author:Joshua Michael Stern
“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
“As president of the American Historical Association, I started a programme to make dissertations into e-books in 1999. Before I knew it, I was involved in other electronic projects. Harvard invited me to become director of the libraries in 2007.” BookPresidentInvolvedDirectorsProjectsHistoricalLibraryAssociationInvitedHarvardProgrammesDissertation Author:Robert Darnton
“As a 25 year director of a non-profit program I began to see the need to shift from only doing projects/programs to also doing policy work.” NeedsYearsPolicyDirectorsProjectsProgramProfitNon Profit Author:Mark Winne
“We really enjoy that, having a relationship with writers, developing material and getting a director, actors, that we have kind of that family kind of as a group we're going to do it together mentality in a project. Then the tough part is - so what actually goes has very little to do with us sometimes.” KindLittlesSometimesTogetherActorsEnjoyGroupsMaterialsDirectorsProjectsToughDevelopingMentality Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“When you start a new project and they say, "Your director is going to be Joe Blo," you're hoping that Joe Blo will be the next Martin Scorsese, but it doesn't always work out that way.” WayNextDirectorsProjectsWork OutScorseseNew Projects Author:Martin Short
“Frankly speaking, I hate comparisons. Two individuals are doing two different films, playing two different characters: how can you compare them? It is not fair to get into ratings. It really doesn't matter what I think about other actresses; what matters is what the directors think of them when they are casting them in a project, because I think it's the director who's behind a successful piece of cinema.” ThinkingTwoDifferentMatterCharacterFilmHateIndividualBehindsSuccessfulPiecesDirectorsProjectsFairsI HateActressesCompareCinemaComparisonWhat MattersCastingRatingNot FairDifferent Characters Author:Katrina Kaif
“I've done a few movies where I really liked the project, but I wasn't sure about the director, and I still did it and my instinct was right, in the beginning. Even though it was a good story, the guy still didn't really know what he was doing.” KnowsStillsDoneStoriesGuyDirectorsProjectsInstinctGood Story Author:Ray Liotta
“I enjoy collaborating with all of the directors I have worked with. I love collaborating with creative people on interesting projects.” PeopleEnjoyInterestingCreativeDirectorsProjectsCreative PeopleCollaborating Author:Lior Ron
“As a director, you've got to have quite a few projects going because you never know which one will actually come together with the financing and get the green light.” KnowsLightTogetherDirectorsProjectsGreenFinancingGreen Lights Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“As a director, you try to do things that are going to touch the human experience somehow, and emotions that mean something to people. You search for those projects and you hope to realize the potential in a project.” PeopleTryingHumansMeanRealizingEmotionDirectorsProjectsHuman Experience Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.” KindActorsNamesCrazyMaterialsDirectorsProjectsDraws Author:Javier Bardem
“For me, the greatest kind of success that I've had on a particular project or in exploring a role does come through collaboration. I wouldn't want to do a movie where everything I do the director just says, "Good job" and I'm under directed.” WantKindDoeJobsRolesParticularDirectorsProjectsCollaborationExploringGood Job Author:Miles Teller
“Most of the time I've worked with directors who write their own scripts. The story is more important to me than the part. The project of the film has always been more important to me.” WritingImportantStoriesFilmDirectorsProjectsScripts Author:Catherine Deneuve
“In any of the big acting cities, there are breakdowns that the casting directors put together for the projects that they're working on and then they get sent out to the agents and stuff like that. It's difficult to find projects, sometimes, unless your agent or manager is submitting you for those specific projects.” SometimesBigsTogetherStuffDifficultActingCitiesDirectorsProjectsAgentsManagersCastingBreakdownCasting Directors Author:Bostin Christopher
“If I am creating the shots from scratch I may have to spend more time holding the directors hand and therefore have less time to finesse the shot or the lighting etc. but it really all depends on the project. Some films benefit from their spontaneity.” IfsMayHandsFilmDependsDirectorsBenefitsProjectsCreatingShotsEtcMore TimeScratchesSpontaneityLightingFinesse Author:Roger Deakins
“Picking projects, it's always director first and then script. Those two things are pretty much head-to-head.” FirstsTwoDirectorsProjectsScriptsTwo Things Author:Cameron Diaz
“Sometimes you think, "Oh man, this is going to be a fantastic movie," and then when you see it put together, you're like, "Oh, huh. Well, that didn't turn out quite the way I thought." Sometimes you think you're part of a project and it isn't that great, and then it sort of becomes a pleasant surprise. But I think there's just too many elements that affect the tone of a movie, so I think even for a director, it may be hard to gauge that.” ThinkingMenWayWellsMaySometimesHardTogetherTurnsDirectorsElementsProjectsSurpriseFantasticTonePleasantGaugesPleasant Surprises Author:Anna Faris
“You have total control of it, and when you're an actor, you're subject to production design and costumes and directors and studio choices and producer choices, but when you're writing it, you're creating your own little world in your head, peopled with your little characters. No one is in there monkeying with it, at least not at first - though they will. With this and the other projects I'm working on, it'll have to be given away, and it'll have to be someone else's property.” WorldWritingFirstsLittlesCharacterChoicesActorsGivenSubjectsDesignDirectorsProjectsCreatingPropertyProductionsStudiosProducersCostumesProduction Design Author:Rainn Wilson
“Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project.” FirstsInterestTeacherDirectorsProjectsCraving Author:Naomi Watts
“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
“I am open to keep on discovering new interesting projects, and little by little I have been coming across very beautiful projects with very affectionate directors.” LittlesHas BeensBeautifulInterestingDirectorsProjectsDiscoveringVery BeautifulAffectionateNew Interesting Author:Alfonso Herrera
“Honestly, I look at the project and I look at the people attached and I look at the director. If it's a role that I feel will help me, as an actor, then I'll definitely take it.” PeopleIfsFeelsLooksHelpingActorsRolesDirectorsProjectsHonestlyHelp Me Author:Sasha Grey
“As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic. The words for me are secondary, but the chemistry between the actors is most important. However, you have to go by the script because it's related to production, otherwise you will not finish your project.” FeelsImportantActorsDirectorsProjectsScriptsProductionsRelatedChemistryPlasticRealism Author:Tommy Wiseau
“The secret is you need a director who refuses to walk away and you need a director willing to put their whole career behind the project.” NeedsWholeWalksSecretBehindsCareersWillingDirectorsProjectsRefuse Author:Ruba Nadda
“At times as an actor, it's often times unclear as to what the directors envision for a project.” ActorsDirectorsProjectsUnclear Author:Carmen Ejogo
“Me and Kirby are very collaborative and it changes from film to film. The first project we worked on together, Derrida, we co-directed. The last film Outrage, I was the producer and he was the director. This film was much more of a collaboration - he is the director and I am the producer - but this is a film by both of us.” FirstsTogetherLastsFilmDirectorsProjectsProducersCollaborationOutrageDerrida Author:Amy Ziering
“Well, I think that's been my career. I always choose stuff that's the same, yet different. These projects just happened. I didn't plan it out that way. I just happened to be free, and the director, Dan Pritzker, decided to do his film again. I say again because we did it seven years ago. A lot of the actors were not available, so he just couldn't wait anymore and he recast everything. Me and two other characters are the only people involved with the new one, who were involved with the previous one.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsWellsTwoDifferentCharacterFilmActorsStuffWaitingCareersPlansHappenedInvolvedDirectorsProjectsYears AgoDecidedSevenAvailableSeven Years Author:Michael Rooker
“The main reason for choosing a project is not really the renown of the director that's making the project. I feel like it's the fact of an actor to constantly want to do different things.” WantFeelsDifferentReasonFactsActorsDirectorsProjectsDifferent ThingsRenown Author:Song Kang-Ho
“I like to audition for good projects because if it's a good project, it's an opportunity to get in front of a casting director.” IfsOpportunityFrontsDirectorsProjectsAuditionsCastingCasting Directors Author:Krysten Ritter
“A lot of the projects that I do, I like to be involved with earlier. I just feel that, certainly from an acting point of view, it's easier to do my job, if I'm included in what the intentions are, for why people are doing what they're doing, especially with a director.” PeopleIfsFeelsJobsViewsActingInvolvedEasierDirectorsProjectsIntentionPoint Of View Author:Clive Owen
“This film [ Blue is the Warmest Color] actually is the result of me talking with my producer Vincent [Maraval]. I gave him a bunch of ideas and then Vincent helped guide me and develop this particular film. I enjoy that rapport to have somebody else help guide me in my choices for the next film. The poetic way of looking at it is which project is going to choose me as a director.” WayIdeasHelpingFilmChoicesNextEnjoyResultsTalkingParticularColorDirectorsProjectsBlueGuidesBunchProducersPoeticRapportGuide MeChoose Me Author:Abdellatif Kechiche
“If you don't have a brilliant screenplay, then you either have amazing actors who give you the chance to improve whatever is on the page, or an interesting director who has enough faith in the project that they can carry it through and get it somewhere. One of those factors needs to happen. If not, it's sad.” IfsNeedsGivingEnoughHappensActorsChanceInterestingDirectorsProjectsPagesBrilliantFactorsScreenplays Author:Ayelet Zurer
“When you're a producer or director, there's so much sweat that goes into any given project.” GivenDirectorsProjectsProducersSweat Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“I think it's very important to recognize talent in all facets of filmmaking. Making a movie is such a lengthy and intense experience, so it's wonderful to honour actors, directors, producers and all crew members who put so much hard work and passion into a project.” ThinkingImportantHardPassionActorsWonderfulTalentHard WorkDirectorsMembersProjectsIntenseProducersHonourFilmmakingCrewFacetsLengthy Author:Eva Green
“I don't need to work right away. I'd rather wait for something really good; to be excited about a role, or a director, or a project.” NeedsWaitingRolesDirectorsProjectsExcited Author:Nina Dobrev
“I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I'm always open to learning everybody's style - the director, the actor I'm working with.” ActorsStyleDirectorsProjects Author:Freida Pinto
“Constance L. Rice, co-director of the Los Angeles of the Advancement Project, told the Times that Seltzer might have been influenced by David Simon's fake ghetto series, "The Wire." It figures. Isn't this sexism? Isn't this a double standard? They're hard on this young woman for her fake ghetto book, yet praise these White guys for theirs. So there's a big market in downing Black men.” MenHas BeensBookHardBigsMightYoungGuyBlackWhiteFiguresDirectorsProjectsStandardsPraiseSeriesFakeLos AngelesSexismYoung WomenMight Have BeenWireAdvancementRiceGhettoDouble StandardWhite GuysDowning Author:Ishmael Reed
“My big break was becoming the spokesperson for Texas Instruments. Casting directors really started giving me a chance to read for projects.” GivingBigsChanceBreakBecomingDirectorsProjectsInstrumentsTexasCastingCasting Directors Author:Bella Thorne