“When I left the University of Iowa and made the decision to come to Rutgers, I said to my athletic director, as both of us stood there crying, 'I wish I could just take Iowa to the East Coast. That would be the best of all worlds.' Of course, I couldn't. I have the best of all worlds now by being at Rutgers, being in this part of the country and being able to embrace and receive the great prestige that is part of the Big Ten.” WorldMadeSaidCountryBigsWould BeAbleCoursesLeftWishDecisionCryDirectorsTenEmbraceUniversityEastBeing The BestCoastAthleticPrestigeIowaEast CoastRutgers Author:C. Vivian Stringer
“I'm not really a director for hire. You read these scripts and go, 'This is a really great script, but Paul Greengrass would make this so much better than me.' I usually say, 'I know who would be good for this. It's not me.” KnowsWould BeDirectorsScriptsBe GoodReally Great Author:Stephen Daldry
“A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the pleasure there would be in living in the midst of good cheer, in the country of truffles, partridges, truffled turkeys, and so forth. "Alas!" replied with a sigh the sad gastronomer, "can one really live at all in a country where there is no fresh sea-fish?"” CountryWould BePleasureSeaFoodDirectorsFishesContributionMidstCheerSighAlasTurkeysAppointmentsIndirectConnoisseurGood CheerTruffles Author:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
“The ideal set-up would be the story man, the director, and the layout man, as well as musician, operating as a sort of story unit. They all should be keenly interested in the picture. No one in person should donate to an extent where he would keep the others from entering into the production and freely expressing themselves.” MenShouldWellsPersonsStoriesWould BeDesignDevelopmentDirectorsMusicianIdealsProductionsUnitsEnteringDonateLayout Author:Walt Disney
“There was a great director who directed a picture that I wrote who barred me from the set quite appropriately and said, "I'm sorry, Jim. When you're directing, you don't need to know everything. You need the illusion that you do." And, you know, and I WOULD be there behind him trying to signal the actors in, you know, in a way I wasn't even aware of.” KnowsWayNeedsTryingSaidWould BeActorsBehindsDirectorsIllusionSorryI'm SorrySignals Author:James L. Brooks
“It's not hard to understand why an accomplished director like Gus Van Sant (whose most recent success, Good Will Hunting, gave him mainstream clout) would be interested in making this film. The lure of an exact remake presents a tremendous challenge. Unfortunately, it was undoubtedly a lot more stimulating for Van Sant and his crew to make Psycho than it is for an audience to watch it. Curiosity is going to be one of the primary reasons why people pay money to see this movie; boredom will be the predominant result.” PeopleHardReasonWould BeFilmChallengesResultsPayWatchesAudienceDirectorsPrimariesReason WhyBoredomAccomplishedHuntingMainstreamCrewVansGood WillLureRemakesPsychoCloutGusWill Hunting Author:James Berardinelli
“I would be a terrible director, I could never write anything. One of my great strengths is that I know all of my weaknesses.” KnowsWritingWould BeTerribleDirectorsWeakness Author:Topher Grace
“I always thought it would be very funny if I was a blind film director.” IfsWould BeFilmDirectorsBlindFilm Directors Author:Woody Allen
“There are many directors in the middle range who've made mostly successful pictures, and then there are a few great directors who've had some successes and some failures. I suppose my life would be smoother if I wasn't almost totally enamored of the latter category.” IfsMadeWould BeSuccessfulMiddleDirectorsRangeLatterCategoriesEnamored Author:Jack Nicholson
“First of all the criteria that I have that goes into any career decision is whether or not I have the life experience, emotional resources to play the part truthfully or the imagination. Second, would be the director.” FirstsPlayWould BeImaginationDecisionCareersEmotionalDirectorsResourcesLife ExperienceCriteria Author:Nicolas Cage
“Any advice I could give to female directors would be the same as for males: There will be endless difficulties, some seemingly defeating, on your way. That's a given. Just wipe out the very notion of stress. Concentrate on your actors. Obsess about your story and the world it is anchored in. Deal with the hundreds of down-to-earth issues [around] the existence of your film. At some point, everything will be ripe. And you wouldn't be able to stop your film from coming to life even if you wanted to.” IfsWorldWayGivingStoriesWould BeAbleWantedEarthFilmActorsGivenDealsExistenceIssuesAdviceDirectorsFemaleDifficultyStressMalesNotionEndlessWipeRipeDown To Earth Author:Deniz Gamze Erguven
“I think for any director, male or female, it would be just to be prepared, work hard, and not give up! As my agent once told me, it's all about stamina before you ever end up on set!” ThinkingGivingEndsHardWould BeHard WorkDirectorsGiving UpFemalePreparedMalesAgentsBe PreparedNot Giving UpStamina Author:Liz Tuccillo
“I'd made pretty clear to the people at Paramount and Dreamworks that, if they wanted Lemony Snicket to comment, he would be completely horrified by the entire film. And as long as they understood that, it was okay. I'm not much of a fan of DVD commentaries myself, so this was my way of getting revenge, in a sense, for all the puffed-up directors and stars who talk endlessly about the self-aggrandizing minutiae of making a movie.” PeopleIfsWayLongMadeSelfWould BeWantedFilmStarsClearFansDirectorsUnderstoodOkayRevengeMy WayCommentCommentaryDvdsParamountMinutiaeSnicketDreamworksGetting Revenge Author:Daniel Handler
“If a director says he doesn't care how many people see his films at all, I simply don't believe him. Otherwise why would he bother to make the film? The only explanation would be that it would be an act of masturbation. I think that every creator is looking for a receptor. He's looking for an audience. There are two parts of the equation: a creator and, necessarily, the receiver of the work. It's the same thing for a painter who wants his paintings to be seen.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBelieveTwoWould BeCareFilmAudiencePaintingDirectorsDon't BelieveCreatorPainterBotherExplanationWorking ItEquationsMasturbationReceiverHe Doesn't Care Author:Michael Haneke
“I would not like to direct, I would be one of those terrible directors who can't help line reading the actors their lines, because I would just want to be doing their parts.” WantHelpingWould BeReadingActorsLinesTerribleDirectorsDirect Author:Ruby Bentall
“My advice to other female directors would be to pay no heed to naysayers. Women can be united in the fact that there has always been someone in our lives who has told us "it can't be done" or "there is only so much you can do." We are constantly encouraged to think that being born a woman means we were born with limited choices and compromised dreams.” ThinkingMeanDoneFactsDreamWould BeChoicesCan DoBornUnitedPayOur LivesAdviceDirectorsFemaleHeedNaysayers Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“I'm friends with [David] Fincher. [James] Cameron gives me advice. I know a fair amount of directors who have been through it, and they all felt pretty confident that I would be fine when I got my shot. So their confidence made me feel confident.” KnowsGivingFeelsHas BeensMadeWould BeFeltAdviceFineAmountDirectorsShotsFairsGive MeCameron Author:Timothy Miller
“I love telling truthful honest stories. I suppose I'd love the opportunity to be a superhero within a realistic dramatic piece. It would have opportunity for humor too of course. And ideally I would be the writer/director? (Though I suppose if I was, it is POSSIBLE I would give myself a meaty but smaller part so I could focus on the latter of my duties... Maybe).” IfsGivingStoriesWould BeCoursesOpportunityFocusPiecesHonestDutyDirectorsDramaticLatterTelling The TruthRealisticTruthfulSuperhero Author:E.J. Bonilla
“There's a bunch of directors that I really admire, and Australian ones as well. It would be nice to do a film at home.” WellsHomeWould BeFilmNiceDirectorsBunchAdmireBeing NiceAustralian Author:Mia Wasikowska
“It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible.” PeopleThinkingWould BeImpossibleDirectorsHorribleManage Author:Janusz Kaminski
“You would be surprised how many directors don't know what they want. They might not know what they want until they see it, they might know what they want but no idea how to get it out of the actor, then you've both got a problem.” KnowsWantIdeasProblemMightWould BeActorsDirectorsNo IdeaWant U Author:Ian Mckellen
“There are directors, and I think this is true of all directors, it would be true if I was a director - If the actor didn't want to do what I was suggesting, I would let him do it his way, and then I would say to him, "Just give me one where you do what the director wants", and that, of course, is the take that's used.” IfsThinkingWayWantGivingWould BeUsedCoursesActorsDirectorsGive MeBeing TrueSuggesting Author:Ian Mckellen
“Stained is about a lonely bookshop keeper, and her past comes back to haunt her. I play a femme fatale, schizophrenic serial killer. They offered me the part and I was like, "I'm just curious why you thought I would be perfect for this role," and the director (Karen Lam) said, "You have this look that, when you're smiling, you're really sweet, but when you're not smiling, you look like you could kill somebody."” LooksSaidPlayWould BePastPerfectRolesSweetLike YouDirectorsLonelyCuriousKillersKeepersSerialsSerial KillerSchizophrenicFemmeBookshopsFemme FataleReally Sweet Author:Tinsel Korey
“A lot of times there were big mistakes, but I would show the art director and he'd say, Yeah, let's go with it. There would be a strange cropping or one girl in focus and three out or a blur. But I would end up liking the mistakes and incorporating them into my work. And I became known for it.” ArtEndsShowsBigsWould BeGirlThreeMistakeKnownFocusStrangeDirectorsYeahBlurBig MistakeIncorporatingArt Director Author:Deborah Turbeville
“I'd love to do a Michel Gondry film. That would be ideal! I'd love to do an Almodovar film; you know, I think he's very, very talented. I don't care that people say he's pretentious. So what? He's a good director; he can be pretentious.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWould BeCareFilmDirectorsIdealsDon't CareI Don't CarePretentiousGood DirectorsAlmodovar Author:William Moseley
“God sends such purgations to you, directors of consciences, that you may acquire the science of the saints and the art of directing souls. You will suffer also in another way. Love will be your executioner. Let it do its work; it knows how. In this martyrdom we have need of extraordinary grace and strength; but God will bestow it. Without this divine help it would be impossible to bear up.” KnowsWayNeedsMayArtSoulHelpingWould BeSufferingKnow HowGraceImpossibleDivineBearsDirectorsConscienceExtraordinarySaintGods WillAcquireWorking ItAnother WayMartyrdomExecutionersDivine Help Author:Paul of the Cross
“I thought I'd become a funeral director when I wasn't going to be an actor. I thought I would be good at helping some people with the grieving process and with trying to get them to talk about and understand who this person was.” PeopleTryingPersonsHelpingWould BeActorsProcessDirectorsBe GoodGrievingFuneralGrieving Process Author:Angelina Jolie
“The techniques of different directors are very different, and people have different ways of expressing ideas in film. I'm happiest when working with a director as I would be if I were an actor. I'm wanting to provide a really good performance.” PeopleIfsWayIdeasDifferentWould BeFilmActorsDirectorsPerformancesTechniqueDifferent WaysExpressing Ideas Author:Howard Shore
“I don't think Roger Ebert has ever mentioned a screenplay. He assigns every auctorial move to the director, which makes some sense since the director has run a one-off game, but if Hamlet were written last year and had been only performed once as a film, and it didn't come off well on screen for whatever reason, it would be gone forever as a literary work, and never would have been considered as one.” IfsThinkingYearsWellsHas BeensReasonWould BeRunningLastsFilmMovingGamesGoneForeverWrittenDirectorsScreensLast YearScreenplaysRogerLiterary Works Author:William Monahan
“I'm pretty sure a lot of directors would be thrilled to cast age appropriate roles. I am.” Would BeAgeRolesDirectorsCastsAppropriate Author:Zoe Cassavetes
“I hadn't studied theatre and I hadn't studied actor training or anything, but I did have a sense of movement and composition, and what the final product would be like, but luckily I had friends who were good actors, who would help me get them, who would get themselves to the place where a good director should get them to build characters.” ShouldCharacterHelpingWould BeActorsMovementProductsDirectorsTrainingFinalsTheatreHelp MeCompositionGood ActorsGood Directors 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
“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
“And so as a director, as a leader, and myself as a director and a leader, I kind of try to make sure that we hold onto the vision and kind of corral it, but by the time you finish whatever the project is, a TV show, a series, a movie, a stage show, it should be a product of what all those people can do, and therefore, it can never be what you imagined it would be in the beginning.” PeopleShouldTryingKindShowsWould BeCan DoLeaderVisionStageTvsProductsDirectorsProjectsSeriesTv Shows Author:Brian Henson
“This is many, many years ago. It was shortly after "Starman" I think. I don't know how close I was to getting the part. I met with [director] Penny Marshall and that's one that I knew would be a hit. It just felt hit-ish. But it's like you go to a store and you see a jacket and you go "I love that jacket" and you try it on and it's too big or too small for you and it's the only one they have. For some reason that part just didn't fit me.” ThinkingKnowsTryingYearsReasonBigsWould BeFeltKnow HowLike YouFitMetsDirectorsYears AgoStoresJacketsPennies Author:Jeff Bridges