“Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.” WholeTogetherActorsDirectorsMovieFilmmakingWhole Picture Author:Julia Leigh
“There's a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.” WholeSpeakDirectorsHollywoodStudiosDiscussion Author:Baz Luhrmann
“I always said to the directors that the minute a player becomes more powerful than the manager of Manchester United, it's not Manchester United. You have lost control of the whole club. So I always made sure that I was in control. They always knew who the manager was.” MadeSaidWholeLostUnitedPowerfulPlayerMinutesDirectorsClubsManagersManchesterManchester United Author:Alex Ferguson
“Marlee has said a million times, "Wouldn't it be funny if there was a camera trained on the two of us?" because we get involved in some very interesting situations. We'll be on a plane and she gets handed a Braille menu because they think she is blind, or producers that turn to the director of a show she's on and say, "Marlee Matlin is great, but is she going to be deaf for the whole show?" She used to freak people out with the speaker phone in her car by having me sign what they were saying on the speaker phone and then she would speak herself.” PeopleIfsThinkingSaidTwoWholeShowsUsedTurnsSpeakInterestingSituationMillionsCarInvolvedDirectorsCamerasBlindPhonesProducersPlanesFreakSpeakersDeafVery InterestingGet InvolvedMenusTwo Of UsBrailleInteresting Situations Author:Jack Jason
“There is a sort of creative purity in an independent film, in the passion of the director, the passion of the crew. They're not getting a whole lot of money, so you know they are not there because they want to get rich. Instead, they are there because they want to make a movie. In the bigger films, I remember when I used to do those, it's just a job for a lot of people, so there is less of an intense energy devoted to the whole project.” PeopleKnowsWantWholeJobsRememberFilmUsedPassionEnergyCreativeRichDirectorsProjectsBiggerIndependentIntensePurityDevotedLots Of MoneyCrewRemember WhenGet RichIndependent FilmPassion And Purity Author:Amy Irving
“I knew that's where I was going. I knew we were going to Italy. You couldn't make this movie in America at this price. I knew it was going to be big. I knew there was going to be a ship involved and that there was going to be a set as big as the ship. I thought, well, here we go. But I knew that was where he was headed. He had been going this way for some time. All directors, once they have some success, they want to spend a whole heck of a lot of money. (Something else can't hear.)” WayWantWellsWholeBigsAmericaInvolvedDirectorsShipsLots Of Money Author:Bill Murray