“I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is a very mysterious element to what works and what doesn't work in the theater. And it's good to know that from the beginning.” KnowsWorldWorstDirectorsElementsUnderstoodTheaterI RealizedMysterious Author:Joe Mantello
“There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.” NeedsFilmDirectorsElementsDrivingGood Films Author:Aaron Taylor-Johnson
“I generally enjoy the rehearsal process because that's where you can share your ideas, get your thoughts and feelings out and see whether or not they're going to land, whether or not people are going to agree with them, particularly the director. So you can sort out in that process any elements that need to be sorted out before you're on the set, and of course that saves time and it also makes everyone more comfortable working together.” PeopleNeedsIdeasFeelingsTogetherCoursesProcessEnjoyShareLandDirectorsElementsComfortableAgreeWorking TogetherRehearsalThoughts And Feelings Author:Nicolas Cage
“As a means of supporting experiential element in film, once I begin to work on a particular movie I consider myself to be the tool of the director.” MeanFilmParticularDirectorsElementsTools Author:Jack Nicholson
“It is one of the few elements in the process that a director really, really can't control: an actor's performance. If you have a director that understands that, it's comforting to an actor. You're starting the relationship more as a collaborator, rather than as an employee or some kind of a soldier trying to execute something you don't organically feel.” IfsFeelsTryingKindActorsProcessDirectorsElementsPerformancesStartingSoldierEmployeeComfortingCollaborators Author:Jason Bateman
“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
“There are two kinds of filmmaking: Hitchcock's (the film is complete in the director's mind) and Coppola's (which thrives on process). For Hitchcock, any variation from the complete internal idea is seen as a defect. The perfection already exists. Coppola's approach is to harvest the random elements that the process throws up, things that were not in his mind when he began.” MindKindTwoIdeasFilmProcessDirectorsElementsApproachPerfectionThriveInternalsFilmmakingHarvestDefectsVariationHitchcock Author:Walter Murch
“When I made 'Real Steel,' the director actually had the robots in the monitor, so he knew where everything was. So technically, there's been advancements. But at the end of the day, movies are about story and characters, so all the other stuff is great, but unless you have those two elements, then you've got nothing.” MadeTwoRealEndsCharacterStoriesStuffDirectorsElementsThe End Of The DaySteelRobotsAdvancementReal Steel Author:Hugh Jackman
“The core of a director is the person's tastes in what elements go together and how they go together. It's a puzzle.” PersonsTogetherTasteDirectorsElementsCorePuzzles Author:Andre Øvredal
“Snow Cake is a lovely film. Really proud of that. We shot it in 21 days. I thought Sigourney was amazing in it. And very, very accurate. I think there was some element that thought she had pushed it too far. But not at all when you do the amount of homework she had done and spent the amount of time she did with adult autistics. She was right on the money. And I think Marc Evans is a terrific director. He's a sweet, open, honest man and a really good director of actors.” ThinkingMenDoneFilmActorsHonestSweetAmountProudDirectorsElementsShotsAdultsLovelySnowCakeAccurateTerrificHomeworkHonest ManGood Directors Author:Alan Rickman
“I kind of started with this foundation, and tried to do all the research I could do for Alice [Cullen], and then every time a [new] director would come in, they have their own artistic take on things and add in new elements. And a lot of times they would ask, "What did you love that you portrayed, and what do you wish that you could show?" So I felt, with each installment, I got the opportunity to add on something. I think she was very - you know, really sweet, [laughs] a little odd in the first installment.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsKindLittlesShowsAsksOpportunityWishFeltLaughingSweetDirectorsElementsResearchFoundationAddArtisticOddReally SweetAlice Cullen Author:Ashley Greene
“Sometimes people come in as a director, and they just want the result, and they barely want that to tell you the truth. Sometimes directors barely talk to the actors; they are so focused on the cinematic elements of the movie, getting the shot and getting the lighting right or getting the CGI effects right and all of that, and they just trust that you are just going to do what you do.” PeopleWantSometimesActorsResultsEffectsDirectorsElementsShotsFocusedLightingCinematicCgi Author:Viola Davis
“[Fifty Shades Darker director] James Foley directed Fear. And that's what I love about this film, because it has a real sexy thriller element about it.” RealFilmDirectorsElementsSexyFiftyShadeThrillersFifty Shades Author:Bella Heathcote
“As soon as you start making a film that's expensive then the studio wants total control over all elements of it because they want to get all their money back. If you make a smaller film you can try a lot more things because you can have control over it and not just be a hired director. The lower the budget the more freedom you have.” IfsWantTryingFilmDirectorsElementsStudiosBudgetsExpensiveOver It Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I even think the commercial element of new American directors is really fertile right now. There are a lot of filmmakers with very particular visions, like Sofia Coppola and Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson and Alexander Payne and Peter Sollett and Harmony Korine and Vincent Gallo. At least they're making films that they choose to make, and they're on their own. That's positive to me. This is not a dead period for American cinema at all.” ThinkingFilmVisionParticularPeriodsRight NowDirectorsElementsHarmonyCinemaFilmmakerPeterFertile Author:Jim Jarmusch
“From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.” ActionFilmActorsDirectorsElementsProducersMakersDynamicsChoreographers Author:Donnie Yen