“It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you have to let it go.” FeelsHardTurnsVisionLike YouDirectorsLet It GoScreenwriters Author:Lorene Scafaria
“That is a big turn-on for me, a director who knows what he's doing and what he wants, and knows when he's gotten what he wants.” KnowsWantBigsTurnsDirectorsTurn-on Author:Morgan Freeman
“I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be.” IfsKindMayPersonsHardTurnsActorsAdviceStudentsDirectorsFinalsExtrasFinal WordsWords Of Advice Author:Alan Alda
“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
“All the films are hits before you turn the camera on. It's only in the execution that they fail. I've been less than happy with the way a couple of films were edited, but it's a director's prerogative and you gotta go with it.” WayFilmTurnsFailingCoupleDirectorsCamerasExecutionPrerogativeEdited Author:Bruce Willis
“The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelows thrilling Best Director win may help turn things around.” MayFactsHelpingTurnsWinningDirectorsThrillingFacts Of Life Author:Lynda Obst
“If a director, I believe, has vision and knows so clearly what they want, then you can have a film that can perform. Whereas you can have done 50 movies, but if you're unsure this time, your movie may not turn out.” IfsKnowsWantBelieveMayDoneFilmTurnsI BelieveVisionDirectorsUnsure Author:Nate Parker
“It's hard to be surprised by a film. It's hard to be surprised by another actor or by a director when you've seen enough and been around. So when I am, or when I forget that I'm watching someone's movie, or when I don't know how someone made a certain turn that I didn't expect... You know, I'm in.” KnowsMadeHardEnoughFilmCertainTurnsActorsForgetKnow HowDirectors Author:Brad Pitt
“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
“In the old days when I first was coming up, you would turn up on set in the morning with your coffee, script, and hangover and you would figure out what you were going to do with the day and how you were going to play the scenes. You would rehearse and then invite the crew in to watch the actors go through the scenes. The actors would go away to makeup and costume and the director and the DP would work out how they were going to cover what the actors had just done.” FirstsDonePlayTurnsActorsWatchesMorningFiguresSceneDirectorsScriptsWork OutCoffeeMakeupGoing AwayInvitesCrewCostumesOld DaysHangover Author:Paul Bettany
“There's not one way to direct a film, there are so many different ways to do it. Everything affects the way it turns out in the end. Even the smallest things. You don't want to really acknowledge that, because you want to believe that you are the only creative asset as a director. You want to believe you're the only one. But I really feel that everyone teams up and everybody really affects everything. Actually, it's the closest I will get to playing in a band.” WayWantFeelsBelieveDifferentEndsFilmTurnsCreativeTeamBandDirectorsDirectOne WayAcknowledgeDifferent WaysAssetsClosestSmallest Author:Lukas Moodysson
“I don't think people realizemilie-autumn-devils-carnivale that, once you turn your director's cut in, it's no longer yours.” PeopleThinkingTurnsCuttingDirectorsDevilAutumn Author:Darren Lynn Bousman
“Sometimes things are nothing on paper, but a genius director turns it into something amazing.” SometimesTurnsGeniusDirectorsPaper Author:Douglas Booth
“Great directors turn in mediocre work and first-time directors turn in exceptional work. No matter how good a person can talk about what he wants, you never know.” KnowsWantFirstsPersonsMatterTurnsDirectorsFirst TimeMediocreExceptional Author:Thomas Jane
“If you're working with a director you trust, you can turn that part of you off that wants to direct other actors in a certain way.” IfsWayWantCertainTurnsActorsDirectorsDirect Author:Michael Cera
“I want to have a great director, and also a great producer and co-stars. And there should be a tight script. After all, regardless of how the film turns out, I must have fun doing the film!” WantShouldFilmTurnsFunStarsDirectorsScriptsProducersHaving Fun Author:Kajol