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The first must that any director has is to not force his public.Collection: Directors
As Claude LeLouche said, his favorite American director is Sergio Leone. Not because I would be American, but because I was dealing with subject matter that an American could have just as easily dealt with.Collection: Directors
I always thought it would be very funny if I was a blind film director.Collection: Directors
Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors.Collection: Directors
You are the executive director and screenwriter of your life.Collection: Directors
When I started out modeling, there weren’t casting directors and there weren’t stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much closer back then...Collection: Directors
I had not been very kind to J. Edgar Hoover. And the field agent had written on - it was sent directly to Hoover - that - the director should see this - `And, besides, Hentoff is a lousy writer.' And I thought that went a bit far.Collection: Directors
I don't want to get locked into any one type of genre. I just want to constantly be working with amazing directors and amazing actors, and just always pushing the envelope on what I can do, as an actor.Collection: Directors
You never know as a director what other directors do. Because you don't get to see what they do.Collection: Directors
Unfortunately they're practically all dead. And many were my closest associates: friends, co-directors, whatever you want to say - my partners in crime.Collection: Directors
You have to really be able to trust the director. It's about the filmmaker and whether or not I'm going to be able to have a relationship with them and want to follow them down that road, wherever it may lead.Collection: Directors
He [Oliver Stone] is great. I really like working with directors who know what they want and aren't afraid to tell you, "Do it like this. Don't do it like that."Collection: Directors
I have always credited the writer of the original material above the title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Bram Stoker's Dracula, or John Grisham's The Rainmaker. I felt that I didn't have the right to Francis Coppola's anything unless I had written the story and the screenplay.Collection: Directors
I'd never worked with an actor-director before [Warren Beatty].Collection: Directors
Truthfully, most directors don't direct actors. Every actor is different, so when you're asked, "How do you approach an actor?," it depends on the actor. With some, you do nothing. With some, you're very specific.Collection: Directors
The directors are always sharp. It's true.Collection: Directors
There are so many great directors that I haven't worked with and that I would love to work with.Collection: Directors
Oftentimes when I'm deciding to do a movie, the main thing is really, that I look at, is the director. I've come to feel that more and more. The more movies I've done and the older I've - the more experience I have, I always knew it was a director's medium, and I always said that.Collection: Directors
That's how I am as a director - if somebody does a really good take, I can't help it, I'm not even aware of it. Actors really, really need positive reinforcement.Collection: Directors
If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire best director category would be comprised of models. To me, that is just the most ludicrous connection that you could make.Collection: Directors
When I do go to L.A., it is usually for a reason - to meet with a director or something - but I'm always so happy to go back to London.Collection: Directors
I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor.Collection: Directors
The whole thing with comedy is that you are always in control. Writer, director, actor, producer, and sometimes bouncer. And you are just a piece of their puzzle.Collection: Directors
Unfortunately, in Hollywood, there are those directors that have some contempt for actors. We've all experienced that, in one way or another.Collection: Directors
When I do any stand-up, you're the writer, director, and producer. You're alone.Collection: Directors
I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.Collection: Directors
More often than not, if you've got a good director and a good script you can't really go wrong.Collection: Directors
Sometimes things are nothing on paper, but a genius director turns it into something amazing.Collection: Directors
You can have a great script, or a great director and a bad script, and get a great movie. Nothing really guarantees anything.Collection: Directors
However good a communicator a director is, unless they've been actors, it's just not the same as the shorthand you get with someone who's been an actor.Collection: Directors
I had one well known director who kept saying, "Now Clint, this is what ...." And I'd say, "I know. I read the script. I'm the one who cast you as the director. Let me show you and you'll correct me if I'm wrong."Collection: Directors
For some directors, I'm the actor from hell.Collection: Directors
Directors don't get to see other directors at work - they're the only one on the set. I've met directors who've asked me what another filmmaker is like. So, there's probably nobody better placed to make all the comparisons and to pick up stuff than an actor.Collection: Directors
If you're working with a director you trust, you can turn that part of you off that wants to direct other actors in a certain way.Collection: Directors
The movie "Ed Wood," about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for "Stargate."Collection: Directors
One of the wonderful things about being an actor is that every director is different.Collection: Directors
It's only human and natural that an actor should see the film in terms of his own part, but I, as a director, have to see the film as a whole. He must therefore collaborate selflessly, totally.Collection: Directors
We haven't seen a situation where you have the FBI director talk about an investigation side by side with the attorney general who confirms, yes, I accept the recommendation of the FBI director.Collection: Directors
I was really fortunate from the time I arrived in Hollywood to work with some of the greatest directors from the beginning. I worked with Robert Altman, John Boorman, and of course Steven Spielberg, Michael Cimino, Brian De Palma ... I couldn't pick one of them; they were all different, but they are all so talented.Collection: Directors
A good [film] director is talented, imaginative, and does his homework.Collection: Directors
Sometimes the shots serve as homages to other movies and other directors, like Hitchcock.Collection: Directors
As an actor, Sean [Penn] is brilliant. And he's really an excellent director, as well. We got along really well.Collection: Directors
As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film, you need a good director and you need a good cinematographer.Collection: Directors
You always like to be the collaborator. I don't want to take over the movie, because if I want to do that, I should really become a director because then you have the control of everything, basically. I'm very happy to just be the visual part of it, doing the visual part of the movie.Collection: Directors
If the director's a communist, whatever, he's a communist. All I care is that he directs. For the actor, the same thing. All you really care is that he comes in and performs.Collection: Directors
I'm more prone to anarchy than I am to control - even though I'm a film director.Collection: Directors
To televisionize any serious problem, the program directors face the task of making the message 'go down smooth' until the audience is delivered to the commercial.Collection: Directors
I cherish each director that I have. I want to be maneuvered out of my comfort zones. I don't have the time to prepare.Collection: Directors
When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It's like when you start to jump and you put the pole very high - you have to jump very high. I thought, I have to use cinema as a language.Collection: Directors