A Quote by John Frankenheimer

Casting is 65 percent of directing.

John Frankenheimer

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Casting Directing Percent

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John Frankenheimer
American - Director
February 19, 1930 - July 6, 2002

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Martin Scorsese

If I had to give odds, I would say 30 percent of whatever good fortune I've had in this business has been luck, and 50 percent has been casting - so that's 80 percent right there. And 20 percent is just working really hard and taking risks.

Greg Berlanti

The UKIP voter is 60 percent male, 40 percent female. Is 65 percent older than 55 and 35 percent younger than 55. It's not hard to work out. Some have been Labor. Some have been Tories. The most difficult thing is previous voting intention, because they're coming from across the board.

Nigel Farage

I started in the P.A. world and craft service and storyboard artist, with the eye on the prize of directing. When I was directing second unit on Babel, I ended up casting most of the unknown parts. In these weird circles, I was this guy who found these kids on the streets.

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

70 percent of Turkey?s citizens favored the EU; today it is only 50 percent. If you ask if they want Turkey to become an EU member, 60 to 65 percent still say yes. But if you ask: Do you believe Europe will accept Turkey, 60 percent say no.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

You can sing at 65, and you can act at 65, but you can't kick your legs at 65.

Nicole Fosse

Today, 65 percent of America's population live in metropolitan areas - and 95 percent of all the transit miles traveled are traveled there. Metropolitan regions are the engines of our economy.

Anthony Foxx

I feel like a lot of directing is casting.

Damien Chazelle

I relieve myself from the rigours of directing by casting the movie correctly.

John Huston

Directing's the best part. Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like. And secondly, it means that you've gotten through all the writing stuff, and the producing stuff, and casting, and prep, and all those stages that are seemingly endless. So directing is sort of the reward for all the work you put in before. And then there's the editing, which is another amazing stage of the process. It's incredible the moments you can create.

J. J. Abrams

I keep saying this, but the most important part of directing is casting, and the rest of it is pretty easy.

Max Winkler

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

David Morrissey

Sunni are the majority of the [Syria], 60 to 65 percent. They've been ruled by [Bashar] Assad, who represents a minority Alawite element, which is about 12, 13 percent. And because of the choices Assad made, it's very difficult to see how you resolve this without buy-in from the Sunni world.