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Last updated on November 15, 2024.
I was the most emotional of the flight directors. Space really got me all honked up.
I've gotten to work with some wonderful directors and people who have been great teachers to me.
Casting is very, very important.
From John Huston to Fred Zinnemann and Richard Fleischer and all those great American directors.
I'm interested in good collaborations and in working with directors who bring something new and interesting out of you.
Casting, to me, is always the same. It's a very important part of a director's job. I pick people that I sense I'd like to be in a room with and will enjoy the rehearsal process with because that's the best part.
The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.'
Character is plot, and casting is character.
My producers and directors are pampering me like crazy. I don't mind being pregnant forever.
Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain in the...or have an opinion.
I've really enjoyed my work in television, but the problem for me is the turnover of directors every week.
Not that I am hugely working class, but in the U.K. I'm always perceived, casting-wise, as being working class.
My directors are always more confident about me doing a role than I am.
I would prefer to work for directors who give me the script and written screenplay at the outset.
I don't like the sort of hierarchical, totalitarian type of room a lot of directors can find themselves in.
Luckily, each generation brings forth great writers, actors, directors, and designers.
It is universally agreed that Jean Renoir was one of the greatest of all directors, and he was also one of the warmest and most entertaining.
So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.
Choosing a Board of Directors based on race and gender is a lousy way to run a company.
But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight; Casting a dim religious light.
I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.
There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see.
You can never underestimate the amount of energy and frequency you must give to vision casting. You can never underestimate it.
I was doing those roles on ABC Family late in the year, and at the same time, I was auditioning for 'Galavant.' But 'Galavant' was quite a wide casting call. I wasn't recommended or anything. It just kind of happened.
Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.
We try to stay as open-minded about casting as possible. When you're getting things down on paper, you might even avoid writing down a name, let alone if they have blonde hair or this or that, to stop.
With the most interesting directors, the cast comes together to make something magical that nobody counted on.
I worked in casting for about five years before I became a director, and that taught me a huge amount because you never actually will see the character walk through the door - and if you do, then you have to be slightly suspicious of that.
A New York casting director, who shall remain nameless, once said to me, 'Marcia, you have what I call the flaring-nostril look, and until you get something done about it, you will never, ever work.'
I trust my directors to see me through, for I don't consider myself as a natural actor - or a good one at that.
There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.
A lot of directors don't want the pressure of a movie the size of Pearl Harbor. But I love it. I thrive on it.
I think it would be great to have more female directors making huge-budget movies.
I think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess.
I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up.
As you can probably tell, I like films and directors that bring a totally unique style to filming action.
My son assisted a few directors and my daughter does stand up acts with me.
All of my favorite directors are coming from a singular perspective, and I think that's been very lacking in film.
The type of producing that I did for many years involved working very closely with directors.
It's great to have a good relationship with the directors and learn about things you do with cameras, and how you direct.
Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors.
Support women directors. When a play opens, and it's by a woman, put your money down.
Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.
'Skins' wanted to create a new thing by actually casting real teenagers. I think it was very brave of them. They also wanted to give the opportunity to people who didn't go to drama school.
I am really interested in the way we relate to time. In particular, the way readers and writers talk to each other. Casting your voice out into the future is very beautiful to me.
I always prioritize dark-skinned women when I'm casting my music videos. I just believe that we deserve to be front and center. I never like to make the girls I choose look like backup.
Television is certainly a writers-led medium. They're the ones who are there, they're the ones that are conferencing or whatever, with directors coming and going.
That's the main thing, looking for interesting characters, good directors, and experiences where you're growing and learning.
Many directors are approaching me with good scripts. I will concentrate on production and music.
Playing the greatest warrior in the seven kingdoms, that's absolutely no pressure. It didn't help, during the casting, the director kept saying, 'Remember, you're the most legendary swordsman ever.' I said, 'Great. I'll try and convey that in my four lines of dialogue.'
A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.
A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.
I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.
I've been pretty lucky to work with directors who were quite influenced by European cinema.
Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck.
Hillary Clinton said that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is engaged in 'theater.' Which explains the new strategy to defeat him: casting him as the lead in 'Spider-Man: the Musical.'
It's weird how the Internet changes everything. The kind of narrow casting... instead of reaching for a broad audience, you are reaching for a more targeted audience.
I always felt I wouldn't be able to carry off what the directors require from me. Luckily, I manage.
I was meeting a lot of directors and reading scripts, and I was like, "Well, I'd love to play this part," but I couldn't.
After Star Trek, I was with the top agencies, but producers and directors did not know what to do with me.
