“The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.” FeelsDirectorsComfortableExtrasNurturing Author:Malcolm McDowell
“The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around mechanically to get a feel of the action.” FeelsWritingFirstsPlayActionMovingActorsDirectorsBonesRehearsalSkeletons Author:Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.” FeelsCharacterAsksAnswersDirectorsProvokingGood Directors Author:Crystal Reed
“I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough woman in 'The Fighter' was a surprise. People saw her as a princess.” PeopleWayFeelsJobsFeltAudienceSawsDirectorsToughSurpriseFighterPrincessAmyTough Women Author:David O. Russell
“I've never directed anything before 'Mad Men,' so I don't feel I have any advice for the other directors.” MenFeelsAdviceDirectorsMadMad Men Author:John Slattery
“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
“I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.” WantFeelsImportantChallengesRolesDirectorsScriptsConnected Author:Amy Smart
“But, I think it's great to be able to work with established directors, and then also first-timers. I feel like you learn from both of them, but then you can go and share your knowledge with each of them. That's really fantastic!” ThinkingFeelsFirstsAbleShareLike YouDirectorsFantasticTimer Author:Juno Temple
“I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.” FeelsEarthMovingStrongSunPlanetsMaterialsKeysDirectorsIngredientsRotation Author:Olivia Thirlby
“Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for me is if I feel a director hasn't noticed.” IfsFeelsActorsWorstMinesDirectorsDown AndImpulseWorst Things Author:Cynthia Nixon
“I love test screenings. Some directors don't, I know. But I love it. I think it's because I come from the theatre and in the theatre, previews are where you really have to listen to the audience and really feel how they're responding. I found our test screenings incredibly useful.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsFoundAudienceDirectorsTestsTheatreRespondingScreeningPreviewTheatre Directors Author:Stephen Daldry
“Some of the screen's best moments were realized because a director went against all reason, all logic. No matter how incredible a story seems, it can be made credible. If you feel an insane idea strongly enough, you've usually got something.” IfsFeelsMadeIdeasMatterReasonEnoughMomentsStoriesSeemsDirectorsLogicIncrediblesScreensInsaneCredibleBest Moments Author:Rouben Mamoulian
“I mean, it feels like a homecoming in a really wonderfully comfortable place to be - the same director, the same musical director, my same dressing room! [laughs] It's a great place to build something with freedom.” FeelsMeanRoomsLaughingDirectorsComfortableMusicalDressingsHomecomingDressing Rooms Author:Kelli O'Hara
“Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's so advantageous to go to a place that you already have a feel for, a literal and spiritual familiarity.” FeelsTryingSpiritualResultsDirectorsAdvantagePracticalsProducersFamiliarityLiteralPractical Things Author:Campbell Scott
“I'm like a movie director, so wherever I feel that I need to go over this type of beat, that's what I'm going to do, that's where I'm going to go.” NeedsFeelsTypeDirectorsBeatsMovie Director Author:Ghostface Killah
“As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic.” FeelsActorsDirectorsPlasticRealism Author:Tommy Wiseau