“I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me, 'Hey, I know this director and he'd really like you!'. So I walked into this guy's office and was like 'I was thinking maybe I could make $3000' and he hired me for commercials, short films, like 15 jobs in a row.” ThinkingKnowsMadeKidsJobsFilmGuyGirlNew YorkLike YouDirectorsOfficeHeyThis GuyThis GirlBartenderShort FilmsReally Like You Author:Pauley Perrette
“Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.” WellsKidsFilmGrowsGrowing UpDirectorsEducatedWell EducatedGood DirectorsNorwegians Author:Stellan Skarsgard
“All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not too much contact with other kids. They constructed their own reality and they continue to do it. It's a funny breed, directors.” FeelingsRealityKidsToo MuchChildhoodDirectorsContactFreakObsessiveControl Freak Author:Stellan Skarsgard
“L.A. can be pretty insane because there's so much show business here, but I also know a lot of kids who grew up in Manhattan who are some of the most normal, nicest people I know. Casting directors always say Chicago people are just nicer.” PeopleKnowsShowsKidsGrewDirectorsNormalGrew UpInsaneChicagoCastingShow BusinessManhattanCasting Directors Author:Matt Walsh
“The nice thing about being a director is that I can say, "I can only get into the room after the kids are at school, and I have to be back for dinner. And they're coming for lunch."” I CanKidsSchoolRoomsNiceDirectorsDinnerLunchNice Things Author:Angelina Jolie
“Fifteen years ago I knew I had to settle into being a mom and give them a normal life, which I never had. I was always traveling. I had tours. I wanted my kids to settle down, and we kind of did it together.... It was a bumpy transition. There was no director telling me what to do. No script, but I really enjoyed it. I even became president of the PTA. Doing the laundry was a meditative experience. Now, when I start to get nervous and stressed, I go in and start to fold towels.” GivingYearsKindKidsWantedTogetherPresidentMomDirectorsNormalYears AgoDown AndScriptsNervousEnjoyedSettlingTransitionFifteenFoldsStressedBeing A MomNormal LifeLaundrySettling DownFifteen YearsTowelsPta Author:Pia Zadora
“I love animals. With animals you never know what you're getting. Everybody says don't mess with animals and little kids in movies but those are the funniest things because you can't be in control. I like to lose control as a director.” KnowsLittlesKidsLosesAnimalDirectorsMessLittle KidAnimal Love Author:David Gordon Green
“I was fifteen, or sixteen. I was in high school. I was spending a summer in California with my second cousins. And I wanted to be a director really bad. I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.” LittlesHomeKidsWantedSchoolComedyDramaDirectorsSummerHigh SchoolSpendingCaliforniaNeighborhoodTwelveFifteenCousinSixteen Author:Steven Spielberg
“I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do.” ThinkingKidsActorsDirectorsNotionGood Actors Author:Gillian Jacobs
“You often hear this about directors, how its like having the best set of toys. This fabulous train set, the biggest box of toys that a kid could possibly have. The best directors look like a kid having more fun than youre supposed to have.” LooksKidsFunDirectorsTrainBoxesToysFabulous Author:William Sadler