“In general, the few directors that I've worked with that I really respect have taught me a lot about who I am and they've opened me up as an actor. I want to take some of that to apply it to when I'm directing actors.” WantActorsTaughtDirectorsWho I AmDirecting Actors Author:Dave Franco
“What you want, as an actor, is a great leader. I can't bear it when I work with a director who is wishy-washy and says, "What did you think?"” ThinkingWantI CanActorsLeaderBearsDirectorsWhat You WantGreat Leader Author:Naomi Watts
“Unfortunately they're practically all dead. And many were my closest associates: friends, co-directors, whatever you want to say - my partners in crime.” WantCrimeDirectorsPartnersClosestAssociatesPartners In Crime Author:William Eggleston
“I want to keep working. I want to step away from young adult fiction. I want to do theater periodically - Farragut North reminded me how great it is. I started out in theater. I trained in theater and then I kind of fell into film and TV. I want to work with interesting artists, talented actors, talented directors, and talented scripts. Not necessarily leading roles.” WantKindFilmYoungArtistActorsInterestingFictionStepsRolesTvsDirectorsAdultsTheaterScriptsYoung Adult Author:Max Irons
“What makes it frustrating is when a director or a studio head doesn't see me for the same part that they'll see, let's say, Drew Barrymore for. Drew's a great friend of mine. But it's like, "No, we want more of an American type of girl."” WantGirlMinesTypeDirectorsStudiosFrustratingGreat FriendType Of Girl Author:Eva Mendes
“As a director, you always want things to look good. You're always trying to make things look tidy. That's what we're all trained to do.” WantTryingLooksDirectorsAlways TryingTidy Author:Declan Lowney
“I think one of the things you have to be aware of as an actor is that if you come on the set and see the director standing there mouthing all the words while a scene is going on, that's usually a very bad sign because it means the director has already shot the scene in his head. He knows exactly the rhythm and the nuances that he wants delivered in the line and you're not going to dissuade him.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantMeanActorsLinesSceneDirectorsShotsStandingRhythmNuanceStanding There Author:Dustin Hoffman
“All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.” WantLooksTodayFilmDirectorsFilm Directors Author:David Hockney
“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
“Any filmmaker, big directors, and I'm not dropping any names - I actually have couple names I want to say, but I will not - we have a ratio. Each thing you repeat, my ratio is one to four.Actually some people are ratio one to 34. I know couple directors, big directors, they are just shooting over and over.” PeopleKnowsWantBigsNamesFourCoupleDirectorsShootingFilmmakerRepeatsDroppingRatios Author:Tommy Wiseau
“Sometimes when I make a movie, my main goal is to show the movie to one particular director.It's not about competing. It's mostly about someone who did something that blew your mind and you want to see if you can render the joy.” IfsWantMindSometimesShowsJoyGoalParticularDirectorsCompeting Author:Gaspar Noe
“To seek out making films that are unique and insightful, boundary-pushing and genre-bending, and not films that fit into the neat, little boxes that people "want" (expect) women to be making. In some ways, I guess for me, any filmmaker should strive to be a good director first, regardless of their gender, race, sexual orientation etc.” PeopleWayWantShouldFirstsLittlesFilmRaceFitDirectorsUniqueStriveBoxesGenderBoundariesGenreFilmmakerEtcPushingInsightfulNeatOrientationBendingGood Directors Author:Rania Attieh
“I don't really consider myself a female director, and I don't want to do so for other women. Female directors are just directors.” WantDirectorsFemale Author:Alante Kavaite
“As a director who does not like to write, I am always looking for scripts that I can contribute to through directing. I don't want to do the same thing that the writer is doing; I want to add an angle or highlight a theme.” WantWritingDoeI CanDirectorsAddScriptsThemeAngleHighlights Author:Jen McGowan
“I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.” ThinkingWantShouldDirectorsCapabilityBe Confident Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“There are so many female directors coming into the industry and a lot of them have important stories they want to tell that seem to fall a little bit more on the indie level.” WantLittlesImportantStoriesSeemsFallBitsLevelsIndustryDirectorsLittle BitFemale Author:Anne Fletcher
“I'm very patient and always willing to try things but I have some resistance as well because I have my own vision. I have resistance sometimes because I see a director who's freaking out and wants to have control and they sometimes anticipate about what I'm going to be doing or not.” WantTryingWellsSometimesMy OwnVisionWillingDirectorsPatientResistanceAnticipateFreaking OutWilling To Try Author:Juliette Binoche
“It's a lot of power to give the director to edit his own stuff. It's also a time thing: you don't want to have to wait for the guy to finish shooting before he starts editing.” WantGivingGuyStuffWaitingDirectorsShootingEditingEdits Author:Joe Dante
“I always think I could do better. I always think that something could be more perfect, but I think that that's just within my nature. I think I want to please a director, I want to give my everything and find every which way I could have burrowed further into a character.” ThinkingWayWantGivingCharacterPerfectPleaseDirectors Author:Emmy Rossum
“I've done documentaries and TV for six years but this was my first feature as director, so there were moments when I'd look around and was excited... but, of course, it was also very challenging on a day-to-day basis. And, of course, now that it's coming out people want to talk mostly to the actors.” PeopleWantYearsFirstsLooksDoneMomentsCoursesActorsChallengesTvsDirectorsSixBasesExcitedFeaturesComing OutDay To DayDocumentaries Author:Robert B. Weide
“I think people take their behavioural tips from everyone else. So, if the director is calm and the lead actors are calm, no one wants to be the sore thumb. And I've remained friendly with everyone.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantActorsDirectorsCalmFriendlyThumbs Author:Robert B. Weide
“Its true, Im the youngest, highest-grossing French director. I have a few records, but no one knows or simply doesnt care. Thats good, because I like that. Ultimately, I want to keep working, making a lot of movies, and get better at it. Its about finding great scripts and bringing them to life.” KnowsWantCareRecordsDirectorsFindingsHighestScriptsGet Better Author:Louis Leterrier
“I want make more records with my sister. I want to go on the road. I want to tour around the world. I want to continue to make great films and work with incredible directors that I respect and look up to.” WorldWantLooksFilmRecordsGoes OnDirectorsIncrediblesAround The WorldLook UpMy SisterGreat Film Author:Amanda Michalka
“A lot of the music editing job is communication and working out what a director really wants the music to be.” WantJobsCommunicationDirectorsWork OutEditing Author:Steven Price
“As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.” IfsKnowsWantDirectorsScaryWhat You Want Author:Joseph Kosinski
“There are lots of good directors I would like to work with; I want to be inspired and challenged by them.” WantDirectorsInspiredBe InspiredGood Directors Author:Julian Ovenden
“I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I can't work like that.” IfsKnowsWantI CanActorsFineDirectorsIntensity Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I don't want to infantilize the actor; I want to empower the actor. Actors can be many things, but all of the really good ones are really great storytellers, and I'm interested in that. If you're not interested in that as a director then you better be Stanley Kurbrick.” IfsWantActorsDirectorsEmpoweringNot InterestedReally GreatStorytellerStanley Author:Paul Bettany
“I always wanted to direct. Directing is a lot more of a commitment though, a lot more time. I like directors who do very few takes, they know what they want.” KnowsWantWantedDirectorsCommitmentDirectMore Time Author:Robert De Niro
“I recognize the amount of time that it takes as a director. I made the choice to stop taking roles outside of L.A. because I didn't want to miss any of my child's life.” WantChildrenMadeChoicesRolesMissingAmountDirectorsMy Children Author:Regina King
“You want the film to be critically successful - you certainly want the film to be financially successful so that you can...well, because that's how movies like this are made, you know, they need to make money. But as a director, you can only make the movie that you want to make.” KnowsWantNeedsWellsMadeFilmSuccessfulDirectorsMaking Money Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I always go back to the original material. I want a good connection as the composer and writer of the score to the director and to the source material. It's really important.” WantImportantMaterialsSourceDirectorsConnectionsOriginalsScoreComposer Author:Howard Shore
“If you, my fellow copywriters or art directors, want to win the award, devote your genius to making the cash register ring.” IfsWantArtWinningGeniusDirectorsFellowsRingsAwardsCashRegisterArt Director Author:David Ogilvy
“I don’t want to be an editor! I don’t want to direct; I’d be a horrible director. I don’t want to write - I have a “story by” credit on one film I did. And I don’t want to edit at all.” WantWritingStoriesFilmDirectorsDirectCreditHorribleEditorsEdits Author:Topher Grace
“When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want it to go, you're making it up as you go, and you're acting it.” WantMovingActingSceneDirectorsPerformers Author:Rob Reiner
“There's always room. That's what the directors usually want. They want the performer to bring themselves and give what they have to give for the role. The smart ones allow that to happen because then it becomes even more organic within the performer's imagination. It becomes even more real. It's not always a given in other films, but when Gunn works, and we all work together in a collaborative way like that, it becomes a given that you bring it. It becomes a lot of fun.” WayWantGivingRealHappensTogetherFilmGivenFunImaginationRoomsRolesDirectorsSmartWorking TogetherPerformers 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
“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
“You're always looking to make it a bit fresh. I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested, and we're always talking to the directors about that. It's a big challenge to find people that can do it.” PeopleWantBigsBitsCan DoChallengesTalkingDirectorsBig Challenges Author:Adrian Hodges
“Your job, as an actor, is never to just do what you're told. That's boring, and life is too short. It's your job to bring something, and it will either be to other people's taste or your own taste, and you have to try things out. Actors say, "Well, as long as the director's happy," but I don't believe that and I don't agree with that. I want the director to be happy, but if I'm not happy, I won't sleep at night.” PeopleIfsWantTryingBelieveWellsLongJobsLife IsNightActorsSleepTasteDirectorsAgreeDon't BelieveBoringToo ShortLife Is Too ShortNot Happy Author:Martin Freeman
“Sometimes if you're a director, you want to believe that you're great and capable at all aspects - the technical side, the lights, everything - but I'm not.” IfsWantBelieveSometimesLightSidesDirectorsCapableAspect Author:Steven Knight
“For an actor, it's very important to get a clear idea of what a director wants, and their intention for what they want to get out of a scene and how they want to shoot it. Having that knowledge is really valuable, for an actor. It means you can deliver more.” WantMeanImportantIdeasActorsClearSceneDirectorsIntentionValuable Author:Clive Owen
“I cherish each director that I have. I want to be maneuvered out of my comfort zones. I don't have the time to prepare.” WantComfortDirectorsZoneCherishComfort Zone Author:Vera Farmiga
“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
“You really have to bring your game and know what you want to do. And then, there are the producers and the writers and the director on the other side of the glass, and what they want. You have to be malleable to what's going to work, and you have to stay in the framework of the context.” KnowsWantGamesSidesDirectorsGlassesWhat You WantProducersGoing To WorkFramework Author:Adrian Pasdar
“What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the director. They have a lot of questions, and your job is to have answers.” WantJobsActorsRealizingAnswersDirectorsDo The BestBest Job Author:Jon Turteltaub
“I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.” WantGivingCharacterStoriesFilmDirectorsAgree Author:Kristin Scott Thomas
“The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and to exercise taste and judgment in helping the actor give his best possible performance.” KnowsWantGivingCharacterHelpingJobsActorsLinesEmotionalExerciseTasteSceneDirectorsJudgmentPerformancesStatementsTaste And Judgment Author:Stanley Kubrick
“When I was a kid it was much more difficult. You're trying to understand what the director wants. It's a learning process. Now, you go in and it's more of a collaboration.” WantTryingKidsProcessDifficultDirectorsCollaborationLearning Process Author:Moises Arias
“I had been at the director's workshop for women at the AFI, which at the time was a great thing to do. I had always meant to direct, and for a variety of reasons that are hard to explain, I never did. I produced many things - there'll be people who tell you I directed through them - and of course I wrote. It took a divorce, a move back to New York and a kind of "now I can do anything" to say, "I really want to do this."” PeopleWantKindI CanHardReasonMovingCoursesCan DoNew YorkDirectorsDirectDivorceGreat ThingsVarietyThings To DoWorkshops Author:Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal