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Quotes by Director

"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

26

"The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don't know them, then something is missing."

"The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don't know them, then something is missing."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

Sports, Order, Rules

26

"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

26

"I don't have any illusion that The Creeper is as popular or will ever be as popular as any of the classic movie monsters, but I think in the heart of every young horror fan is his desire to create his own creature."

"I don't have any illusion that The Creeper is as popular or will ever be as popular as any of the classic movie monsters, but I think in the heart of every young horror fan is his desire to create his own creature."

Victor Salva, American Director

Heart, Desire, Horror, Illusion

26

"I was always a self-conscious person."

"I was always a self-conscious person."

Elia Kazan, American Director

25

"It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune."

"It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune."

Woody Allen, American Director

Death, Experience

25

"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

25

"Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night."

"Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night."

Woody Allen, American Director

25

"Marriage is the death of hope."

"Marriage is the death of hope."

Woody Allen, American Director

Death, Marriage, Hope

25

"God is silent. Now if only man would shut up."

"God is silent. Now if only man would shut up."

Woody Allen, American Director

Humor, Silence, Observation, Humanity

25

"If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will."

"If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will."

David Swift, American Director

25

"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

25

"I believe people ought to mate for life...like pigeons or Catholics."

"I believe people ought to mate for life...like pigeons or Catholics."

Woody Allen, American Director

Relationship, Commitment, Love, Loyalty, Faith

25

"I wanted to make a love story without being nerdy."

"I wanted to make a love story without being nerdy."

Sofia Coppola, American Director

25

"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

25

"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

25

"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

25

"Failure is not fatal; victory is not success."

"Failure is not fatal; victory is not success."

Tony Richardson, British Director

Success, Failure, Victory

25

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

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

Sam Peckinpah, American Director

Entertainment, Right

25

"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

25

"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

25

"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

24

"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

24

"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

24

"I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch."

"I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch."

Woody Allen, American Director

24

"Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there."

"Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there."

Woody Allen, American Director

Mistake, Mistakes

24

"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

24

"The only thing experience teaches you is what you can't do. When you start, you think you can do anything. And then you start to get a little tired."

"The only thing experience teaches you is what you can't do. When you start, you think you can do anything. And then you start to get a little tired."

Elaine May, American Director

24

"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

24

"It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience."

"It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience."

D. W. Griffith, American Director

Art, Actor, Being, Voice

24

"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

24

"I like fat people more then I like thin people, things are always a lot more funnier when they happen to fat people."

"I like fat people more then I like thin people, things are always a lot more funnier when they happen to fat people."

Lloyd Kaufman, American Director

23

"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

23

"Don't you hear people saying things you can't believe they're saying?"

"Don't you hear people saying things you can't believe they're saying?"

Joel Schumacher, American Director

23

"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

23

"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

23

"My brain? That's my second favorite organ."

"My brain? That's my second favorite organ."

Woody Allen, American Director

Humor, Knowledge, Body, Observation

23

"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

23

"No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them."

"No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them."

Robert Zemeckis, American Director

Philosophy, Obstacles

23

"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

23

"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

23

"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

23

"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

23

"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

22

"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

22

"Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, 'Be fruitful and multiply,' but not in those words."

"Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, 'Be fruitful and multiply,' but not in those words."

Woody Allen, American Director

22

"Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right."

"Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right."

Woody Allen, American Director

Life, Humor, Perspective, Sexuality

22

"I hate reality but it's still the best place to get a good steak."

"I hate reality but it's still the best place to get a good steak."

Woody Allen, American Director

Life, Reality, Humor, Observation

22

"Because it's much more pleasant to be obsessed over how the hero gets out of his predicament than it is over how I get out of mine."

"Because it's much more pleasant to be obsessed over how the hero gets out of his predicament than it is over how I get out of mine."

Woody Allen, American Director

Life, Humor, Perspective, Observation

22

"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

22

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