“Insider trading tells everybody at precisely the wrong time that everything is rigged, and only people who have a billion dollars and have access to and are best friends with people who are on boards of directors of major companies - they're the only ones who can make a true buck.” PeopleCompanyDirectorsMajorsDollarsAccessBillionsBoardsTradingBucksWrong TimeInsidersRiggedBoard Of DirectorsInsider Trading Author:Preet Bharara
“I was the enemy of the major studio. I believed in one man - one film. I believed one man should make the film. And I believed the director should be that one man. One man should do it - I didn't give a damn who. I just couldn't accept art as a committee. I could only accept art as an extension of an individual.” MenGivingShouldArtFilmIndividualAcceptingEnemyDirectorsMajorsStudiosDamnOne ManCommitteesExtensions Author:Frank Capra
“Are you an action-oriented, take-charge person interested in exciting new challenges? As director of a major public-sector organization, you will manage a large armed division and interface with other senior executives in a team-oriented, multinational initiative in the global marketplace. Successful candidate will have above-average oral-presentation skills” PersonsActionChallengesSuccessfulTeamDirectorsSkillsMajorsOrganizationExcitingAverageManageCandidatesExecutivesDivisionInitiativeSeniorMarketplacePresentationInterfacesNew ChallengesMultinationalsPresentation SkillsPublic SectorAbove Average Author:Winston Churchill
“As a director, your job is to make sure no one for any reason is taken out of the film. Sometimes it's impossible and sometimes things don't come out the way you want them to, but I think you have to work really hard at making the world engrossing and details are a major part of that.” ThinkingWorldWayWantSometimesHardReasonJobsFilmTakenImpossibleDirectorsMajorsDetails Author:Cary Fukunaga
“No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or whatever, when you are a freshman at UCLA then - I guess it's still the same way - you had to take an acting class.” WayWantWritingArtStillsMatterActingClassDesignDirectorsMajorsTheaterNo Matter WhatSceneryFreshmanActing ClassesUcla Author:Carol Burnett
“My roommate in college in Austin, Texas, was Wes Anderson. Wes always wanted to be a director. I was an English major in college, and he got us to work on a screenplay together. And then, in working on the screenplay, he wanted my brother, Luke, and me to act in this thing. We did a short film that was kind of a first act of what became Bottle Rocket.” FirstsKindWantedTogetherFilmCollegeBrotherDirectorsMajorsMy BrotherBottlesTexasRocketsScreenplaysLukeAustinRoommateShort FilmsEnglish MajorAustin TexasBottle Rocket Author:Owen Wilson
“I guess the story that best defines us [with Bud Yorkin] and our relationship goes back to the [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis show. The four stage managers on that show became major TV creators and directors - John Rich, Jack Smight, Arthur Penn and Bud Yorkin.” StoriesShowsRichFourStageTvsDirectorsMajorsCreatorManagersOur RelationshipBudDeanJerryArthurStage Managers Author:Norman Lear
“In the past decade, there have been a lot of friends or directors, either gossiping or telling me directly, "What you're doing now is the right thing, your main concern should be taking care of yourself, and not doing action at your age." Well, after first feeling angry, I'd think, to be honest, I really am older. So I thought, all right, but before I retire I'd like to make one last major action film, one good one.” ThinkingShouldFirstsWellsHas BeensFeelingsCareAgeActionLastsPastFilmHonestDirectorsMajorsConcernAngryDecadesBeing HonestRight ThingRetiringTake Care Of YourselfLots Of FriendsAction FilmsFeeling Angry Author:Jackie Chan
“Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me.” NeedsKidsJobsDirectorsMajorsDirectFathering Author:Steven Spielberg