“You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is.” MenLongMadeRememberNamesStarsLosesGoneTalentDirectorsSilentFinishedScreensProducersTitlesGreat Talent Author:Ernst Lubitsch
“It's all about the director for me; we have to click. It's a trust thing. I'll say I'm ready to let down my walls. I'll cry for you as long as you need. But you're going to have to hug me afterwards.” NeedsLongCryReadyWallDirectorsHugClicksLet DownHug Me Author:Juno Temple
“I would have to say the most challenging thing about directing is the sheer stamina because... as a director, you're always doing something. Someone always needs to talk to you. There are always decisions to be made and every day for as long as the movie goes on. So it's a marathon... You don't have to look nice, but it's all day every day.” NeedsLooksLongMadeChallengesDecisionNiceGoes OnDirectorsSheerMarathonStamina Author:Michael Urie
“I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct.” LongDirectorsLong TimeDirectEarsScriptsWhisperingReally Long Author:Jeremy Piven
“If the director wishes to print it, then you have a series of choices, maybe millions of choices within that minute-and-a-half, or 80 seconds, or 2 minutes or however long or short the take is, you have all those choices committed to celluloid. I find that absolutely thrilling.” IfsLongChoicesWishHalfMillionsMinutesDirectorsSeriesCommittedPrintSecondsThrillingCelluloid Author:Ben Kingsley
“Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come until the premiere and the thing is all long done.” LongHardDoneFilmHard WorkDirectorsDeterminationResolveGlamourPremieresFilm Directors Author:D. W. Griffith
“A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors and a two-inch lens.” MenLongTwoBoysHe ManDirectorsShotsPairsInchesFilmmakingLensesScissors Book:This is Orson Welles Source: This is Orson Welles
“The people who've done well within the [Hollywood] system are the people whose instincts, whose desires [are in natural alignement with those of the producers] - who want to make the kind of movies that producers want to produce. People who don't succeed - people who've had long, bad times; like [Jean] Renoir, for example, who I think was the best director, ever - are the people who didn't want to make the kind of pictures that producers want to make. Producers didn't want to make a Renoir picture, even if it was a success.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWellsKindLongDoneDesireNaturalExampleProduceSucceedDirectorsHollywoodInstinctProducersBad TimesRenoir Author:Orson Welles
“I didn't want to be a director for hire. It really just took me a long time to learn how to direct and to feel up to the job.” WantFeelsLongJobsDirectorsLong TimeDirect Author:Judd Apatow
“I don't care if you hate me or if you like me, as long as somebody gives me a character that is really a character to play. It's fun to be able to have a character and have a director that can direct you into a character. I'm just so happy that I got a good role. I don't care if it's bad or if it's good, and I don't care if it's drama or comedy. They are just so rare to come across.” IfsGivingLongPlayCharacterCareAbleHateFunRolesComedyDramaDirectorsDirectGive MeDon't CareLike MeI Don't CareHate MeYou Hate MeIf You Like MeIf You Hate Me Author:Salma Hayek