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Quotes by Director

"We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get."

"We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get."

Andy Wachowski, American Director

Man, Men, Women, Thought, Fun

21

"The most expensive sex is free sex."

"The most expensive sex is free sex."

Woody Allen, American Director

Behavior, Sex, Cost, Freedom, Observation

21

"I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some truth and she's also following an external mystery where she comes to think she might be the killer."

"I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some truth and she's also following an external mystery where she comes to think she might be the killer."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

Truth, Mystery, Past

21

"Is sex dirty? Only if it is done right."

"Is sex dirty? Only if it is done right."

Woody Allen, American Director

Humor, Sexuality, Playfulness, Truth

21

"I am two with nature."

"I am two with nature."

Woody Allen, American Director

21

"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

Woody Allen, American Director

21

"Over and over again-in the movie, I have nine different people who have worked for Fox News network who have come forward and talked on camera, three of them anonymously, by the way."

"Over and over again-in the movie, I have nine different people who have worked for Fox News network who have come forward and talked on camera, three of them anonymously, by the way."

Robert Greenwald, American Director

People, Network, News

21

"I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors."

"I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors."

Sam Raimi, American Director

Work, Actors, Want

21

"I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear."

"I don't believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear."

Woody Allen, American Director

21

"The Price Is Right can really get me going."

"The Price Is Right can really get me going."

Sam Peckinpah, American Director

Entertainment, Right

21

"But at a certain point, and I don't really know... people have asked me this. I don't know exactly what it was that pushed me towards directing, but I think it was a naive notion that if I directed I would be able to play all the roles. A kind of greed."

"But at a certain point, and I don't really know... people have asked me this. I don't know exactly what it was that pushed me towards directing, but I think it was a naive notion that if I directed I would be able to play all the roles. A kind of greed."

Peter Bogdanovich, American Director

People, Greed, Play

21

"I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. That's the two categories. The horrible are like, I don't know, terminal cases, you know, and blind people, crippled. I don't know how they get through life. It's amazing to me. And the miserable is everyone else. So you should be thankful that you're miserable, because that's very lucky, to be miserable."

"I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. That's the two categories. The horrible are like, I don't know, terminal cases, you know, and blind people, crippled. I don't know how they get through life. It's amazing to me. And the miserable is everyone else. So you should be thankful that you're miserable, because that's very lucky, to be miserable."

Woody Allen, American Director

Life, Gratitude, Happiness, Perspective

21

"I was doing acting work at Fox - bit pieces with Greg Peck in The Gunfighter and things like that - and grew up more or less as a Fox contract player in about two years."

"I was doing acting work at Fox - bit pieces with Greg Peck in The Gunfighter and things like that - and grew up more or less as a Fox contract player in about two years."

Larry Buchanan, American Director

Work, Acting, Years

21

"We've had no problems with the actors, but we keep a really loose set."

"We've had no problems with the actors, but we keep a really loose set."

Peter Farrelly, American Director

Actor, Actors, Problems

21

"Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators."

"Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators."

Lloyd Kaufman, American Director

Art, Movies, Spirit

21

"Art is longer than life."

"Art is longer than life."

Lee Strasberg, American Director

21

"I had a feeling about directing Cocoon II: The Return. At first I wasn't too interested because it was a sequel. Then I read the script and was excited by the relationships and its mystic quality."

"I had a feeling about directing Cocoon II: The Return. At first I wasn't too interested because it was a sequel. Then I read the script and was excited by the relationships and its mystic quality."

Daniel Petrie, Canadian Director

Relationship, Quality, Feeling, First, Relationships

21

"I am eye. I am a mechanical eye. I, a machine, am showing you a world, the likes of which only I can see."

"I am eye. I am a mechanical eye. I, a machine, am showing you a world, the likes of which only I can see."

Dziga Vertov, Russian Director

Media, Eye, Machine, World

21

"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?"

"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?"

Jean Cocteau, French Director

20

"There was a war crimes trial because an American prisoner had been shot trying to escape. He had obviously been recaptured and shot, and that violated the Geneva Convention."

"There was a war crimes trial because an American prisoner had been shot trying to escape. He had obviously been recaptured and shot, and that violated the Geneva Convention."

Charles Guggenheim, American Director

20

"Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity."

"Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

God, Gods, Infinity, Mystery

20

"The audience is the camera. I don't want the audience to sit and watch, I want it to move."

"The audience is the camera. I don't want the audience to sit and watch, I want it to move."

King Hu, Chinese Director

20

"I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on."

"I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on."

Victor Salva, American Director

20

"I love being objected to. It worries me, but I love being objected to."

"I love being objected to. It worries me, but I love being objected to."

Stan Brakhage, American Director

20

"The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart."

"The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart."

John Woo, Chinese Director

Movies, Nature, People, Heart

20

"Films are hard to make and I think the word indulge really leads one to believe that it's an easy sort of business and it's really extremely difficult."

"Films are hard to make and I think the word indulge really leads one to believe that it's an easy sort of business and it's really extremely difficult."

Ken Russell, British Director

20

"We need the best education system in the United States. The best system, not the most expensive."

"We need the best education system in the United States. The best system, not the most expensive."

Bruce Brown, American Director

Education, States, United

20

"I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths."

"I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths."

Sam Raimi, American Director

20

"Your self esteem is like a notch below Kafka's."

"Your self esteem is like a notch below Kafka's."

Woody Allen, American Director

Self, Self-Esteem, Humor, Observation, Life

20

"I'm not the heroic type really. I was beaten up by Quakers."

"I'm not the heroic type really. I was beaten up by Quakers."

Woody Allen, American Director

Humor, Violence, Life, Reality

20

"I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find films that are more politically driven, films that maybe inspire."

"I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find films that are more politically driven, films that maybe inspire."

Antoine Fuqua, American Director

20

"If two men on a job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless."

"If two men on a job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless."

Darryl F. Zanuck, American Director

Man, Men, Time, Job

20

"I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes a star. It's hard for Russell Crowe to walk down a street or take a subway. I can fly coach."

"I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes a star. It's hard for Russell Crowe to walk down a street or take a subway. I can fly coach."

Michael Mann, American Director

Actor, Actors, Coach

20

"You're never fully dressed without a smile."

"You're never fully dressed without a smile."

Martin Charnin, American Director

Appearance, Smile

20

"I hate love. Hate being in love. I never want it to happen to me again."

"I hate love. Hate being in love. I never want it to happen to me again."

Muriel Box, British Director

Love, Being, Hate, Want

20

"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."

"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."

Woody Allen, American Director

20

"I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens."

"I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens."

Woody Allen, American Director

Philosophy, Fear, Death, Perspective, Acceptance

20

"Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have you declared legally insane in order to gain control of your estate."

"Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have you declared legally insane in order to gain control of your estate."

Woody Allen, American Director

Society, Poverty, Family, Protection, Ethics

20

"I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers."

"I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers."

Woody Allen, American Director

Education, School, Teachers

20

"I hope I never get so old I get religious."

"I hope I never get so old I get religious."

Ingmar Bergman, Swedish Director

Hope, Old, Religious

20

"I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism."

"I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism."

Roberto Rossellini, Italian Director

Optimism, Evil, Opinion

20

"You see a lot of good ideas or well-written scripts that are bad ideas."

"You see a lot of good ideas or well-written scripts that are bad ideas."

John McTiernan, American Director

Creativity, Ideas

20

"Actually, after the release of the Bond film, the producers came back to me to offer me another one, but I didn't have any juice left for an immediate encore."

"Actually, after the release of the Bond film, the producers came back to me to offer me another one, but I didn't have any juice left for an immediate encore."

Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian Director

20

"Everyone in my family is in the film business; I knew I wanted to be creative and it was important in my family to be artistic."

"Everyone in my family is in the film business; I knew I wanted to be creative and it was important in my family to be artistic."

Sofia Coppola, American Director

Family, Business, Film

20

"The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd heard enough... to get the machine going."

"The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd heard enough... to get the machine going."

Elia Kazan, American Director

19

"Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness."

"Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness."

Woody Allen, American Director

Education, Oneness, Students, Will

19

"Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements."

"Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements."

D. W. Griffith, American Director

Act, Acting, Now, Old

19

"What is fascinating is that it is physical. You know, that's one thing about intellectuals, they've proved that you can be absolute brilliant and have no idea what's going on. But on the other hand, the body doesn't lie, as we now know. Nono, it'll be great, because all of those ph.Ds are in there, like, discussing modes of alienation, and we'll be in here quietly humping."

"What is fascinating is that it is physical. You know, that's one thing about intellectuals, they've proved that you can be absolute brilliant and have no idea what's going on. But on the other hand, the body doesn't lie, as we now know. Nono, it'll be great, because all of those ph.Ds are in there, like, discussing modes of alienation, and we'll be in here quietly humping."

Woody Allen, American Director

Observation, Body, Mind, Intellect

19

"I'd call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse."

"I'd call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse."

Woody Allen, American Director

Humor, Criticism, Observation, Life

19

"Reality is a dirty word for me, I know it isn't for most people, but I am not interested. There's too much of it about."

"Reality is a dirty word for me, I know it isn't for most people, but I am not interested. There's too much of it about."

Ken Russell, British Director

People, Reality, Word

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