“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 just started to want to be more hands on, and again, because of the nature of this job which was to evaluate the writing apart from the production, I got clear on what a director did and I became interested in directing, so I started to do that in the late 80s.” WantWritingHandsJobsClearDirectorsLateProductions80sEvaluate Author:Rob Urbinati
“One of the first decisions I made, as the director of "Hide and Seek," was that our film would be silent and use underscoring of original music that I was planning on composing. The decision was mostly predicated on knowing how time consuming the editing of dialogue can be and given the various locations we shot in, I didn't want to worry about having to mix room tones in such a short amount of time.” WantFirstsMadeUseWould BeFilmGivenDecisionRoomsWorryKnowingAmountDirectorsShotsOriginalsSilentVariousPlanningDialogueToneEditingLocationConsumingComposingTime ConsumingHide And SeekOriginal Music Author:Garth Kravits
“It was great having them around and I have to say pretty weird seeing them all grown up! Plus we have Jeremy Piven; and Ricky Gervais agreed to be in it and Antonio Banderas has a cameo in and that's a testament to Robert. He's such a good director and such a good guy. He gets everybody, because everyone wants to work with him.” WantGuySeeingDirectorsPlusTestamentGood GuyGood DirectorsAntonioCameos Author:Joel McHale
“You know, boy versus girl. But she's a tough warrior, so I almost treated it like unisex. But it makes a difference how tall the actors are, because I needed to know that if Olivia Wilde sits in a car that the director, Joe Kosinski can still get the angle he wants, as opposed to maybe in another vehicle than Jeff Bridges has to sit in. So that was fascinating. Because in a real car you change everything and adjust it. But here you have one shot.” IfsKnowsWantStillsRealGirlActorsDifferencesBoysCarNeededDirectorsShotsToughTreatedWarriorBridgesMaking A DifferenceFascinatingTallVehicleAngleVersusWildeOliviaUnisex Author:Daniel Simon
“I guess I always knew going into the movie that casting that part would be difficult. Oliver just felt likeable. I felt it would be hard to dislike this man. I don't know why, but I'm sure other directors have felt the same when casting him. Oliver is goofy yet formidable, smart but likeable... I didn't want the character of Alex to be nasty or demonised. I wanted him to be struggling with his actions.” KnowsMenWantHardCharacterWould BeActionWantedFeltDifficultStruggleDirectorsSmartDislikeNastyCastingAlexFormidableGoofyLikeable Author:Nicole Holofcener
“The director of 500 Days of Summer is doing the Spider-Man movie. That's not necessarily the movies I want to make, but it's all about the story, and if you connect to the story, and you feel you can tell that story better than anyone else, then great. Jon Favreau killed Iron Man, I loved it.” IfsMenWantFeelsStoriesDirectorsSummerIronSpidersSpider ManIron ManSpider Man Movie Author:Katie Aselton
“I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me.” WantYoungActorsFunWatchesHavensDirectorsStudiosScreensHungryProducersWant MeTestedHiringFootloose Author:Kevin Bacon
“A director is what a director wants to be. If you want to force something, you can fight to the death and maybe get fired, but it's your job to help push things along.” IfsWantDifferentHelpingJobsFightingForceSituationDirectors Author:Jon M. Chu
“When I got the script for Thelma & Louise, when I met with the director, Ridley Scott, I said, "I don't want to do a revenge film. I'm not interested in doing that moment in the script after they shoot the truck, where it says they jump up and down and they're real happy about it".” WantSaidRealMomentsFilmMetsDirectorsDown AndScriptsRevengeThat MomentNot InterestedTruckUp And Down Author:Susan Sarandon
“There are two parts of me. There's the really critical, film-nerd part of me that loves that, and then there's the part of me where I'm like, "I really didn't like that movie, but I want to work with that director because he loves actors."” WantTwoFilmActorsDirectorsCriticalNerd Author:Anton Yelchin
“I tend to ... if I decide to do a job, want to be able to trust my director...” IfsWantAbleJobsDirectors Author:Charlize Theron
“No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.” WantIdeasDirectorsShyGood IdeasGood Directors Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“Jumping twenty or so years later, Ann Ciccolella, artistic director of Austin Shakespeare, approached me with the idea of staging Anthem. She had heard my film score to Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life. And she said, I want to do Anthem as an oratorio. Well, I figured what she meant was a straight play with music.” WantYearsWellsSaidIdeasPlayFilmHeardDirectorsTwentiesArtisticScoreJumpingAnthemAustinStagingFilm Scores Author:Jeff Britting
“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