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"If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff."

"If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff."

Neil LaBute, American Director

Friendship, Friends, Neighbors

27

"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."

"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."

Julie Taymor, American Director

27

"You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain."

"You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain."

Jay Roach, American Director

People, Film, Interest, Understanding

27

"Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that?"

"Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that?"

Barbet Schroeder, French Director

27

"For me, prose walks, poetry dances."

"For me, prose walks, poetry dances."

James Broughton, American Director

27

"They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they don't want to go up against Spider-Man 2 or some of the other big movies, the $100 million films that are coming up."

"They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but they don't want to go up against Spider-Man 2 or some of the other big movies, the $100 million films that are coming up."

David R. Ellis, American Director

Movies, Chance, Summer, Want

27

"I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project."

"I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Work, Actors, Confidence, May

27

"If you put yourself in a group of people you cannot work with it's obviously going to be a disaster."

"If you put yourself in a group of people you cannot work with it's obviously going to be a disaster."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Work, People, Disaster

27

"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

27

"And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts."

"And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts."

James Broughton, American Director

Vision, Acting, Shakespeare, Theater

27

"I always believe it's better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do."

"I always believe it's better to have 30 imaginations working on a project, rather than one imagination telling the other 29 what to do."

Trevor Nunn, English Director

Imagination, Project

27

"Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations."

"Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations."

Frank Darabont, American Director

Creativity, Ideas

27

"Too many girls follow the line of least resistance but a good line is hard to resist."

"Too many girls follow the line of least resistance but a good line is hard to resist."

Raoul Walsh, American Director

27

"The hardest thing about movie acting is that if you're playing a character who changes within the movie, you've got to do that, but you've got to do it out of sequence, because we never have gotten to shoot in sequence, and that's really, really tough."

"The hardest thing about movie acting is that if you're playing a character who changes within the movie, you've got to do that, but you've got to do it out of sequence, because we never have gotten to shoot in sequence, and that's really, really tough."

John Sayles, American Director

Character, Acting

27

"Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things."

"Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things."

Patrice Leconte, French Director

27

"Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry."

"Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry."

Julie Taymor, American Director

Poetry, Film, Theater

26

"Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say."

"Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say."

Ken Burns, American Director

26

"Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution."

"Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution."

Bill Condon, American Director

Emotional, Feelings, Moments, Persecution

26

"I was a sort of rock journalist - whatever that is - in London in the late '60s."

"I was a sort of rock journalist - whatever that is - in London in the late '60s."

Jonathan Demme, American Director

Writing, London

26

"It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark and real, you want to show all this stuff but unfortunately you can't always do that."

"It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark and real, you want to show all this stuff but unfortunately you can't always do that."

Antoine Fuqua, American Director

Cause, Man, Want

26

"There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly."

"There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly."

Bill Forsyth, Scottish Director

26

"In a relationship you have to open yourself up."

"In a relationship you have to open yourself up."

Neil LaBute, American Director

Relationship, Open

26

"We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting."

"We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting."

David Zucker, American Director

26

"I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years."

"I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years."

Bryan Singer, American Director

26

"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."

"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

Actor, Indecision, Will

26

"I have a healthy view of what one can do with art."

"I have a healthy view of what one can do with art."

Neil LaBute, American Director

26

"My business is can I create a world that's possible and could happen? I think that's the only thing that I have to do, and I think that I have done that each time."

"My business is can I create a world that's possible and could happen? I think that's the only thing that I have to do, and I think that I have done that each time."

Neil LaBute, American Director

Business, Time, World

26

"I do think that we are facing a crisis in our democracy. As true patriots, each and every one of us has to speak up, speak out, and change those in charge. Our democracy depends upon it."

"I do think that we are facing a crisis in our democracy. As true patriots, each and every one of us has to speak up, speak out, and change those in charge. Our democracy depends upon it."

Robert Greenwald, American Director

Change, Crisis, Democracy

26

"I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have to get people to stay for two or three hours in a performance. They need more talk and rehearsal than in films."

"I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have to get people to stay for two or three hours in a performance. They need more talk and rehearsal than in films."

Julie Taymor, American Director

People, Performance, Actors, Talk

26

"Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos."

"Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos."

Ray Harryhausen, American Director

26

"Tradition is the illusion of permanance."

"Tradition is the illusion of permanance."

Woody Allen, American Director

Illusion, Tradition

26

"Don't get married to an actress because they're also actresses in bed."

"Don't get married to an actress because they're also actresses in bed."

Roberto Rossellini, Italian Director

26

"The darker the character, the more interesting."

"The darker the character, the more interesting."

Robert Carlyle, Scottish Director

26

"Ah, I hope to live to 87 and drink from the the goblet of life to the dregs."

"Ah, I hope to live to 87 and drink from the the goblet of life to the dregs."

Theo Van Gogh, Dutch Director

26

"We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz?"

"We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz?"

Ken Burns, American Director

Time, Jazz, Understanding

26

"When I think of the library of Alexandria and of the fact that, although it burnt down, people continue to sort the letters of the alphabet according to that tradition, then that makes certain expressions of modernity, even of interventions on the textual level, possible."

"When I think of the library of Alexandria and of the fact that, although it burnt down, people continue to sort the letters of the alphabet according to that tradition, then that makes certain expressions of modernity, even of interventions on the textual level, possible."

Alexander Kluge, German Director

People, Fact, Letters, Modernity

26

"If you work with Jim Carrey, you're working with the best."

"If you work with Jim Carrey, you're working with the best."

Peter Farrelly, American Director

26

"As soon as you judge communication a little more rigorously, there is a possibility that the message will not be democratized. I have to say what I believe to be right. I have to spread out the statement among all the means of expression available to us at present."

"As soon as you judge communication a little more rigorously, there is a possibility that the message will not be democratized. I have to say what I believe to be right. I have to spread out the statement among all the means of expression available to us at present."

Alexander Kluge, German Director

Possibility, Communication, Expression, Present

26

"It's a big part of what we do - we test our movies extensively. I'm always there myself. It's sometimes difficult to sit through, especially if it's a version of the movie that's not working particularly well."

"It's a big part of what we do - we test our movies extensively. I'm always there myself. It's sometimes difficult to sit through, especially if it's a version of the movie that's not working particularly well."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

26

"I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money."

"I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money."

John Sayles, American Director

26

"Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting."

"Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting."

Robert Carlyle, Scottish Director

Home, Acting, Night, Space

26

"In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar."

"In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar."

Trevor Nunn, English Director

Thought, Literature

26

"If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies."

"If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

Change, Movies, Women, Gender

26

"Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is."

"Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is."

James Broughton, American Director

Poetry, Ecstasy, Practice, Spiritual

26

"Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect."

"Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect."

Rob Reiner, American Director

Change, Effect, Help

26

"I figured somebody wrote a story who had a typewriter and I thought that movies were made by the cowboys and that they just said, 'Okay, you fall off the horse this time.'"

"I figured somebody wrote a story who had a typewriter and I thought that movies were made by the cowboys and that they just said, 'Okay, you fall off the horse this time.'"

John Sayles, American Director

Movies, Time, Thought, Cowboys

26

"People will justify whatever for a good cause."

"People will justify whatever for a good cause."

Julie Taymor, American Director

People, Cause, Will

26

"You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor."

"You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor."

John Boorman, British Director

26

"Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box."

"Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box."

Roland Joffe, English Director

Ability, Culture, Mind

26

"As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on."

"As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on."

Woody Allen, American Director

26

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