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Quotes by Director

"It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters."

"It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters."

Robert Altman, American Director

5

"You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything."

"You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything."

James Cameron, American Director

5

"I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance."

"I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Movies, Performance, Actor, End

5

"Making your first feature film is actually impossible."

"Making your first feature film is actually impossible."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

5

"I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has."

"I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

Control, Experts

5

"I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies."

"I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies."

Walter Hill, American Director

Movies, Want, Writer

5

"He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden dialogue."

"He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden dialogue."

George Lucas, American Director

Being, Word, Writing

5

"My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes."

"My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes."

Douglas Trumbull, American Director

Film, Eyes, First, Job

5

"The danger is that if you have a bunch of ideas that you forget to use."

"The danger is that if you have a bunch of ideas that you forget to use."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

Creativity, Ideas, Danger, Forget

5

"When you're in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. That's the consolation of philosophy."

"When you're in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. That's the consolation of philosophy."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Perspective, Philosophy

5

"To be or not to be. That's not really a question."

"To be or not to be. That's not really a question."

Jean-Luc Godard, French Director

5

"We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure."

"We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure."

John Grierson, British Director

Adventure, Freedom, State

5

"I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all."

"I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

5

"Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last 12 years."

"Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last 12 years."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Cinema, Reality, Theatre, Years

5

"What's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority."

"What's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority."

Robert Altman, American Director

People, Minority

5

"I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten."

"I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten."

Spike Lee, American Director

5

"Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama."

"Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

Opera, Drama, Play, Singing

5

"We've been remarkably lucky in that we've been free to make the movies we've wanted to make the way we've wanted to make them. They've all been made for a price."

"We've been remarkably lucky in that we've been free to make the movies we've wanted to make the way we've wanted to make them. They've all been made for a price."

Joel Coen, American Director

5

"I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise."

"I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise."

Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Director

5

"The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed."

"The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

5

"If you do two versions of a film, they should be identical. With the same frames and settings."

"If you do two versions of a film, they should be identical. With the same frames and settings."

Marcel Carne, French Director

5

"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Death, Day, Walking

5

"You think about taking audiences on a journey."

"You think about taking audiences on a journey."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Entertainment, Audiences, Journey

5

"Cinema has become a global economy, totally international."

"Cinema has become a global economy, totally international."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

Cinema, Economy

5

"The life of a repo man is always intense."

"The life of a repo man is always intense."

Alex Cox, British Director

5

"If anybody doubts my loyalty to my country, I'll punch him in the nose, and I don't care how old he is."

"If anybody doubts my loyalty to my country, I'll punch him in the nose, and I don't care how old he is."

William Wyler, American Director

Care, Country, Loyalty, Old

5

"I learn new things all the time."

"I learn new things all the time."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

5

"If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle. There is nothing there without an optical reason."

"If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle. There is nothing there without an optical reason."

Douglas Sirk, German Director

Thought, Nothing, Reason

5

"Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same."

"Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same."

Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Director

5

"And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble."

"And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble."

Douglas Sirk, German Director

5

"Designing Woman was written for the screen."

"Designing Woman was written for the screen."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

5

"Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people."

"Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people."

Robert Altman, American Director

Humor, People, Values, Chance

5

"And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world."

"And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world."

Douglas Sirk, German Director

Now, Relativity, Theory, World

5

"Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves."

"Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves."

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian Director

Love, People, Cinema, Expression

5

"I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles."

"I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles."

Richard Linklater, American Director

Boys, Film, May

5

"'m a general, I do something. I go out and fight wars and win them."

"'m a general, I do something. I go out and fight wars and win them."

John Milius, American Director

5

"'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want."

"'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want."

George Lucas, American Director

Inspirational, People, Fun, Want

5

"Our goal isn't to close Wal-Mart down. It is to make it a better, more humane company toward its employees and the communities it is in."

"Our goal isn't to close Wal-Mart down. It is to make it a better, more humane company toward its employees and the communities it is in."

Robert Greenwald, American Director

Goal, Company, Employees

5

"When I was five. That's when I started to love film."

"When I was five. That's when I started to love film."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

5

"When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them."

"When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

5

"I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made."

"I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made."

James Broughton, American Director

5

"The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order."

"The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Literature, Order

5

"Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some."

"Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

Work, Help, Murder, Television

5

"If I have to, I'll go and direct theater and talk till the cows come home."

"If I have to, I'll go and direct theater and talk till the cows come home."

Ridley Scott, British Director

Home, Cows, Talk, Theater

5

"The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous in the movie is made clear? It doesn't get you anywhere."

"The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous in the movie is made clear? It doesn't get you anywhere."

Joel Coen, American Director

5

"We come from a tough, working class background, so we're very tight."

"We come from a tough, working class background, so we're very tight."

Tony Scott, British Director

5

"I think you never forget your childhood, whether it was happy or unhappy."

"I think you never forget your childhood, whether it was happy or unhappy."

Marcel Carne, French Director

Family, Childhood, Forget

5

"Cinema was my rite of passage."

"Cinema was my rite of passage."

John Singleton, American Director

5

"There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful."

"There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful."

Bill Condon, American Director

Movies, Successful, Question

5

"If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors."

"If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

Actor, Actors, Mistakes, Right

5

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