“I don't believe in director's cuts where you make things longer. The coolest thing was when the Coen brothers did a director's cut of 'Blood Simple,' and they made it shorter.” BelieveMadeSimpleCuttingBloodBrotherDirectorsDon't BelieveMade ItCoen Brothers Author:Jason Reitman
“I see how complicated it is to make a film and how many people are involved and I love the fact that I get to sit in a room on my own and the set costs nothing and the actors cost nothing and I'm the director and it's so simple. You just need a pen and paper to make a book. You don't need a huge budget or a gaffer or a best boy.” PeopleNeedsBookFactsFilmActorsMy OwnSimpleRoomsBoysHugeInvolvedCostDirectorsPaperComplicatedBudgetsPens Author:Markus Zusak
“The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't.” ActorsDifferencesSimpleDirectorsPanic Author:Alan Rickman
“Learn how to draw. It's the basis of what we [animation directors] do. Keep a sketchbook. Try making a very simple little film. Try and tell a story clearly and entertainingly. Study the way people move and animate move. Observe all you can, and try and capture that simply in a few lines on paper.” PeopleWayTryingLittlesStoriesFilmMovingLinesSimpleStudyDirectorsPaperDrawsBasesCaptureAnimationSketchbooks Author:John Musker
“When you have your chance to make a film, don't focus on pleasing everyone. I think the goal is to live in that sweet spot where you focus on making a good film and you have fun with your collaborators, but you don't waste your energy chasing approval every which way. When you have a vision and a good story and you've managed to raise funding, it is your approval as a director that everyone should be seeking. It's very simple.” ThinkingWayShouldStoriesFilmEnergyFunGoalChanceSimpleVisionFocusSweetDirectorsWasteRaisesSeekingSpotsHaving FunApprovalChasingFundingGood StoryCollaboratorsGood FilmsPleasing Everyone Author:Jennifer Phang
“I had a choice. I could become an economist & managing director. I choose to do something else. I would have become much, much richer than I am. I choose to not do that. It's that simple.” ChoicesSimpleDirectorsEconomist Author:Odd Nerdrum
“Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all don't make feel good movies, same as me, and their films are always visually simple but beautiful (and I hope mine are!).” FeelsBeautifulFilmThreeSimpleInfluenceMinesDirectorsFeel GoodGood MovieDanishDarren Author:Chika Anadu
“I've got a lot of wonderfully talented, creative directors I've worked with in Texas, but the market we're in, they kind of have to write to that. I think we've done some cool, simple spots. I was very comfortable in Texas, and getting ready to push out into national stuff, try to get to that national-type creative, and then I got sidetracked with this stuff.” ThinkingWritingTryingKindDoneStuffSimpleCreativeReadyTypeDirectorsComfortableSpotsTexas Author:Jackie Earle Haley
“I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and, most of all, intellectualism.” FilmSimpleDirectorsDirectFrankDisgustingSpectatorsIntellectualismMannerismsGratuity Author:John Ford
“What is an artistic picture? An artistic picture is very simple. The creator is not the producer. The creator is not the star. The creator is the director, the person who realizes the picture, like a poet, like an artist. The creator of the picture is free to do whatever he wants, how he wants to do it. That is an artistic picture.” WantPersonsArtistStarsRealizingSimplePoetDirectorsCreatorProducersArtistic Author:Alejandro Jodorowsky
“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