“I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.” ThinkingWorldFilmActorsDirectorsTheater Author:Diego Luna
“I have gone to Albany constantly in my capacity as budget director, because I don't think the way the transit authority works with the City of New York is very appropriate.” ThinkingWayCitiesGoneNew YorkDirectorsAuthorityCapacityBudgetsAppropriateAlbany Author:Joe Lhota
“I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.” ThinkingDirectorsBillsPrivilegeFortunateFilmmakerOur Time Author:Rami Malek
“I think we've shot scenes from every angle directors can think of to make it look like different villages. I've directed a couple shows on that set and believe me, it's impossible not to duplicate some camera angles.” ThinkingBelieveLooksDifferentShowsImpossibleCoupleSceneDirectorsShotsCamerasVillageBelieve In MeAngleDuplicateDifferent AnglesCamera Angles Author:Vic Morrow
“Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think you need to do that.” ThinkingNeedsChildrenRememberActorsDirectorsPerformancesTricksChild Actors Author:Asia Argento
“I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me, 'Hey, I know this director and he'd really like you!'. So I walked into this guy's office and was like 'I was thinking maybe I could make $3000' and he hired me for commercials, short films, like 15 jobs in a row.” ThinkingKnowsMadeKidsJobsFilmGuyGirlNew YorkLike YouDirectorsOfficeHeyThis GuyThis GirlBartenderShort FilmsReally Like You Author:Pauley Perrette
“I take it very seriously, music. I think it's one of the tools that a director has with which to kind of paint. The right music can sometimes do five pages of scripted dialogue.” ThinkingKindSometimesFiveDirectorsPagesToolsPaintDialogue Author:Todd Phillips
“I think Chris Weitz is an amazing director, and his sensibility - I wouldn't even know how to articulate it - it's just, he's a very sensitive, interesting guy.” ThinkingKnowsGuyInterestingKnow HowDirectorsSensitiveSensibility Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“I think part of the fun of being an actor is getting to work with different directors and seeing their take on it, what they're passionate about. They all have different ideas about your character.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentCharacterActorsFunSeeingDirectorsPassionateDifferent Ideas Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsWritingDoeHardPayActingAttentionKnow HowDirectorsMusic IsHarderProfessionHonestlyPay AttentionInstructionLeeches Author:Michael Shannon
“I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.” PeopleThinkingVisionPlansTvsDirectorsProductionsExecutivesSwimmingPoolSwimming PoolMovie Director Author:Bruno Tonioli
“But, I think it's great to be able to work with established directors, and then also first-timers. I feel like you learn from both of them, but then you can go and share your knowledge with each of them. That's really fantastic!” ThinkingFeelsFirstsAbleShareLike YouDirectorsFantasticTimer Author:Juno Temple
“I like to think of myself as a fairly educated human being, but I'm a very uneducated actor when it comes to movies, directors, producers, actors for that matter.” ThinkingHumansMatterActorsHuman BeingsDirectorsProducersEducatedUneducatedMovie DirectorEducated And Uneducated Author:Shailene Woodley
“My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.” ThinkingMomBecomingDadDirectorsMy DadMy MomActressesProducersDancer Author:Sanaa Lathan
“I think, as written, 'Assassins' simply acknowledges the very human need to be acknowledged. As director, I've got to put aside any particular biases or prejudices that, as a moral human being, this is not an appropriate or acceptable way to get what you want.” ThinkingWayWantNeedsHumansHuman BeingsMoralWrittenParticularDirectorsPrejudiceWhat You WantAcknowledgeAppropriateAcceptableAssassinsHuman Needs Author:Joe Mantello
“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
“But I would like to think that it's the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor.” ThinkingBookGuyActorsDifferencesCasesDirectorsScreensAdapted Author:Ray Walston
“Josh Radnor is that rare thing: a writer-director who thinks like an actor but still knows how to create a comedy with shape and vision. Liberal Arts is the best movie about college I’ve seen since I don’t know what...Dryly affectionate and super-sharp. Elizabeth Olsen is every inch a star.” ThinkingKnowsArtStillsActorsStarsVisionKnow HowComedyCollegeShapesDirectorsArt IsInchesAffectionateJoshLiberal ArtsRare Things Author:Owen Gleiberman
“Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful thing for a director to have experienced that. It helps you know how to talk to actors and how to get what you need from them.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsLooksHelpingActorsKnow HowDirectorsHelpfulUnsuccessful Author:Grant Heslov
“Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.” PeopleThinkingShouldBehindsDirectorsCameras Author:Matthew Vaughn
“You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional actors, it's all about trust. They can do anything you want, it's just a matter of them understanding what you're looking for, and the reason why.” ThinkingWantMatterReasonStoriesCertainActorsUnderstandingCan DoDirectorsReason WhyManipulation Author:Darren Aronofsky
“I love test screenings. Some directors don't, I know. But I love it. I think it's because I come from the theatre and in the theatre, previews are where you really have to listen to the audience and really feel how they're responding. I found our test screenings incredibly useful.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsFoundAudienceDirectorsTestsTheatreRespondingScreeningPreviewTheatre Directors Author:Stephen Daldry
“I don't think about the gender thing very much. But when I speak at schools, I've had female students say to me afterwards, "I never envisioned myself being a director, since I've never seen women do it." But after seeing me, they can picture themselves directing, so maybe we'll see more female directors.” ThinkingSchoolSpeakSeeingStudentsDirectorsFemaleGender Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director, where administration rather than doctrine and worship are to determine the form of the Church.” ThinkingWantKindFormChurchDirectorsWorshipMereDetermineDoctrineAdministrationPriests Author:Arthur Middleton
“I'm not going to say that the other people I worked with weren't artist. They were all very great, very talented people, but I think Guillermo [del Toro] will go down in cinematic history as one of our more talented, visually brilliant directors.” PeopleThinkingArtistDirectorsBrilliantCinematic Author:Charlie Day
“I think a good director can embrace any genre and it's the kind of thing where you always want to do something different. You always want to challenge yourself.” ThinkingWantKindDifferentChallengesDirectorsEmbraceGenreChallenge YourselfGood Directors Author:David Ayer
“I'm not really a full-time director, I just like to direct the things that I write because I think I'm going to know it better than someone else.” ThinkingKnowsWritingDirectorsDirect Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“I think doing something creative is the most important thing to me, and I think it's probably just good for the soul for anyone, whatever it is. You don't have to be a film director - you can do gardening or something - but I think everyone needs to create something.” ThinkingNeedsImportantSoulFilmCan DoCreativeDirectorsImportant ThingsGardeningFilm Directors Author:Ricky Gervais
“I think the reason I was able to get the jobs I did is because I worked for some very strong, self-possessed filmmakers who wouldn't listen to the executive-suited wisdom, and they believed in me from director to actor. Not from salesman to commodity.” ThinkingSelfReasonAbleJobsActorsStrongDirectorsFilmmakerExecutivesVery StrongPossessedCommoditySalesmanStrong Self Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I know what its like to direct. You become a more considerate actor. After you have directed, you understand what is going on. You can't help but think of the material as a director. You do come up with suggestions. You come up with shortcuts that you weren't aware of before. You try to be helpful to the director if he has a lot on his hands.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingHelpingHandsActorsMaterialsDirectorsDirectCome UpHelpfulSuggestionsShortcutsConsiderate Author:Dolph Lundgren
“The people who've done well within the [Hollywood] system are the people whose instincts, whose desires [are in natural alignement with those of the producers] - who want to make the kind of movies that producers want to produce. People who don't succeed - people who've had long, bad times; like [Jean] Renoir, for example, who I think was the best director, ever - are the people who didn't want to make the kind of pictures that producers want to make. Producers didn't want to make a Renoir picture, even if it was a success.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWellsKindLongDoneDesireNaturalExampleProduceSucceedDirectorsHollywoodInstinctProducersBad TimesRenoir Author:Orson Welles
“I love to tell stories and I love to work with directors and I think I write really visually, which I think directors like, and I love making movies, so I found something that I'm good at and I'm really happy doing.” ThinkingWritingStoriesFoundDirectorsReally HappyLove Making Author:John Orloff
“I like to adapt to a director's way of working. I love doing that. Each director is so different, and you have to adapt to this new way of doing something. That's what's amazing to me. That's why I love directors. I don't want to director to have to work around me. I think it's more fun for me to come in on their thing.” ThinkingWayWantDifferentFunDirectorsNew Ways Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“I've never like had a system or a program, I always think that I don't know how to act. I'll adapt to any director because I don't really have a set way that I do things. If a director hires me and says, "I want you to get started right now and do this research, this research, this research and I want you to have every line memorized before you ever show up for the first day," then that's what I'll do.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayWantFirstsShowsLinesKnow HowRight NowDirectorsResearchProgramI Want You Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“There's very few directors I think in this industry that would pitch to a studio that they wanted to do a multi-layered almost at times existential high action, high drama surreal film that's sort of locked in his mind. And then have an opportunity to do that.” ThinkingMindActionWantedFilmOpportunityIndustryDramaDirectorsStudiosLockedExistentialSurreal Author:Christopher Nolan
“Music is just one of the tools a director has with which to paint and I think it's one of the most effective.” ThinkingDirectorsMusic IsToolsPaintJust One Author:Todd Phillips
“I memorize my lines and I show up. I think it's just instinctual, and sometimes it's wrong and the director says, "No, do it this way." And then I can change, because I didn't spend all night practicing it this one way. All I do to get ready for the day is the night before, I read my lines once or twice, memorize them, and then I show up.” ThinkingWayI CanSometimesShowsNightLinesReadyDirectorsOne WayAll Night Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“I was thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we can just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we got something here.” IfsThinkingActorsProcessInterestingDirectorsConceptsArtisticArtistic Process Author:Michael Tolkin
“I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that don't know anything about the process. And I think they're afraid sometimes to talk to actors and be honest with actors.” ThinkingKnowsSometimesSchoolFilmActorsProcessActingHonestDirectorsBeing HonestFilm School Author:Matt Dillon
“Marlee has said a million times, "Wouldn't it be funny if there was a camera trained on the two of us?" because we get involved in some very interesting situations. We'll be on a plane and she gets handed a Braille menu because they think she is blind, or producers that turn to the director of a show she's on and say, "Marlee Matlin is great, but is she going to be deaf for the whole show?" She used to freak people out with the speaker phone in her car by having me sign what they were saying on the speaker phone and then she would speak herself.” PeopleIfsThinkingSaidTwoWholeShowsUsedTurnsSpeakInterestingSituationMillionsCarInvolvedDirectorsCamerasBlindPhonesProducersPlanesFreakSpeakersDeafVery InterestingGet InvolvedMenusTwo Of UsBrailleInteresting Situations Author:Jack Jason
“You get a script and you love it. You find a director that you trust, and it becomes all about how do I commit to this as fully as possible? And the last thing you can afford to have in your mind is what are other people going to think of this?” PeopleThinkingMindLastsDirectorsScriptsCommit Author:James Van Der Beek
“When you can sit down with a plain sheet of paper in front of you and make some notes, and, little by little, you see it take shape and become a concept for a movie or a TV show. That's a real thrill. You watch it go from notes on a paper to a meeting with writers and directors and actors. I can't think of anything that's more exciting.” ThinkingLittlesI CanRealShowsActorsWatchesFrontsTvsShapesDirectorsPaperConceptsExcitingMeetingsNotesTv ShowsThrillSheets Author:Stan Lee
“I would not have made any of my films or written scripts such as Taxi Driver had it not been for Ingmar Bergman, What he has left is a legacy greater than any other director.... I think the extraordinary thing that Bergman will be remembered for, other than his body of work, was that he probably did more than anyone to make cinema a medium of personal and introspective value.” ThinkingMadeBodyFilmValuesLeftGreaterWrittenDirectorsExtraordinaryScriptsMediumsLegacyRememberedCinemaDriversIntrospectiveTaxiExtraordinary ThingsBergman Author:Paul Schrader
“I think bringing depth to characters means really needing to find out who this girl is, what is she passionate about, what makes her tick, what gets her going in life. So I did a lot of backstory for who she was and sometimes it comes across screen and sometimes it doesn't. You never know, because you're not the director, but you can only do your work and hope that it somehow subtly is infiltrated in that. But I think the characters I've played for the most part have depth, just not in the way that you think they do.” ThinkingKnowsWayMeanSometimesCharacterGirlDirectorsDepthPassionateScreensTickThis Girl Author:Amy Smart
“You can't see any movie nowadays really without it having some sort of CGI treatment, albeit whether it's a creature or an environment, something like that. To make a point, sort of poetically in that case, but clearly it was a drama and how do you approach it? Well, I think what you're supposed to do is what the text dictates. What you bring to it and everything you need to know should be there, and pay attention to your director.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsShouldWellsPayAttentionCasesEnvironmentDramaDirectorsCreaturesApproachPay AttentionTreatmentCgi Author:Brendan Fraser
“Well, the film's not only pricking the pomposity of the Church, it's pricking the pomposity, and sometimes you would think fraudulence, of the insurance companies. I had never read anything like this until I was doing the film, but Mark [Joffe, the director] and people showed me stuff where, like a flood, it mattered where the water came from. If you're flooded from above, you get the money; if you're flooded from below, you don't. What's that about?” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsSometimesFilmStuffWaterChurchCompanyComedyDirectorsMarkFloodInsurance CompaniesPomposity Author:Billy Connolly
“The quality of Korean actors is actually quite high. Their passion is overwhelming but not many platforms are available to cater to their creative needs. They're thirsty for something new and I think that's where I connect with them. They have vision. In certain sense many Korean actors have better vision than directors.” ThinkingNeedsCertainPassionActorsQualityVisionCreativeDirectorsAvailableSomething NewOverwhelmingPlatformsKoreanThirsty Author:Lee Yoon-ki
“I think the best directors rarely loose their temper. I think the best directors provide you with a safe environment where they can instill you with confidence and allow you to try things out and not feel like your failing or that you're doing it wrong.” ThinkingFeelsTryingEnvironmentFailingLike YouDirectorsSafeTemperInstillSafe Environment Author:Luke Evans
“It [the scene] can be something given to you and you go, "Ah this is a good idea, I can work with this." Sometimes it cuts right across your instinct and that's when I might resist. Even if the director might be insistent, I think it's very important to say, "Look, I'm not feeling this. I'll try to make it work but I got to let you know."” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingLooksI CanImportantIdeasSometimesFeelingsMightGivenCuttingSceneDirectorsInstinctGood Ideas Author:Ralph Fiennes
“I'm not only a writer, but have directed and produced, know the difficulties of the line producer, can deal with the studio, can talk with the director and get his or her vision and help exact that. I think it just gives you more tools.” ThinkingKnowsGivingHelpingLinesDealsVisionDirectorsToolsDifficultyStudiosProducers Author:John Lee Hancock