Top 1200 Directing Actors Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

The actors I was most impressed with and who were influencing my taste were all movie actors, so I always wanted to do movies but I didnt want to go to Hollywood and become a waiter in the meantime. The chances are really slim that an actor will be discovered in Hollywood. ... Ive never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.

When you're still, and some actors are really brilliant at that, you bring a kind of energy to you as opposed to sending the energy out. There are some actors, like Gary Cooper or Kevin Spacey, that are absolutely brilliant - Gene Hackman is another - at being and allowing the audience to just do the work.

I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that don't know anything about the process. And I think they're afraid sometimes to talk to actors and be honest with actors.

You don't need great actors to do a 3D picture. All of this condescending stuff that they put out? "Oh, we will always need actors." Bullshit! They are able to take anybody and put some markers on them, and have them walk through an empty room. Then they paint in the background.

Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership.

I'm passionate about actors, and I'm passionate about showing actors in different lights.

I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.

We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.

As long as I'm creating, I am happy... whether directing, producing, writing, acting.

I definitely want to do other things outside of acting like producing, directing.

I loved the Scarecrow and the Tin Man and the Lion and you could kind of see the actors' faces in them. It wasn't an entirely new face sculpted around them. What made those characters so human and appealing to me was seeing those great actors underneath there. They weren't lost behind a bunch of appliances.

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.

My dream would be producing, maybe directing - definitely not writing - one feature film.

I like acting better than anything else, but, you know, directing's good.

There are so many great actors, but I really have a lot of respect for Johnny Depp. I've seen a lot of movies with him in it and, even if it's a film that wasn't as successful as you thought it would be, I've never seen him put in a bad performance. My favorite actors from history have to be Steve McQueen and James Dean.

I am starting to explore directing, maybe in the future in the world of 'White Collar.'

Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.

Directing is about as visual as I get and I will leave artmaking to the rest of the family.

I like to see people put themselves into films, which is part of the reason why I love Woody Allen films so much - I believe his actors' work. I have a feeling that many actors in his films are similar to their characters, and I like that.

One of the things that I really love about doing a film is working with actors and the whole casting process. I feel I'm not looking for actors. I feel I'm looking for characters. If the characters come from Bollywood, fine. If they come from Indian theater, perfect.

I'm not retired, I will continue directing films and doing fight choreography. I won't stop.

Try to produce your own films, avoid directing for hire.

I love photography and art-directing is something that I really would enjoy to do.

I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing.

There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping.

Forget the credit, they (male actors) take all the money as well. We don't get paid even one-third of what male actors get. It's not so much about the money, but it's about (being a) woman.

I think that actors are terrible communicators as people by and large. I think our tendency is to kind of be self-centered and tune people out and just kind of get really me-focused, so I think communication for actors is a big challenge actually.

An actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We are taught to avoid trouble [so] actors don't realize they must go looking for it. Plays are written about...the extraordinary, the unusual, the climaxes. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance.

The idea of directing my own movie is definitely more challenging than choreography.

The quality of Korean actors is actually quite high. Their passion is overwhelming but not many platforms are available to cater to their creative needs. They're thirsty for something new and I think that's where I connect with them. They have vision. In certain sense many Korean actors have better vision than directors.

We got the best actors imaginable [in Kung Fu Panda]. If we could have made a wish list I don't think there would anyone else we would have added. Yeah, we've been blessed with exactly how amazing a cast of actors we have. To have someone like Bryan Cranston, who is not just an amazing actor, but who has such a range.

Directing for me is the ability to take the words from a page and share my vision with the world.

Actors matter only if you have great content. There are so many actors who work only with good content, either the films will not work or they will get audience for a day or two if they are not backed by solid script.

It's very rare that you get a part that you actually like. People have a misconception, whether it be because actors lie or because you're reading interviews from giantly, massively famous actors, but you don't just get offered parts, all the time. You actually have to work to get them.

Directing Suriya is a joy. He was my first and last choice for the role of Capt. Gopinath.

I enjoyed directing, and I really found that it was a great new field to try my hand in.

I always love directing because it gives me a chance to be with everyone 24/7.

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.

I see myself directing, writing, doing my own TV shows and movies.

The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.

I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.

Directing is a rarefied business. And you see very few women pass that Rubicon.

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.

Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie.

Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying.

If you have a great part, you have the opportunity to give a good performance. The greatest actors get the best parts, and the best parts make the greatest actors. There are plenty of people who are as talented, who just never got the part.

I have a lot of ideas for videos, and I want to pursue directing. This is one of the goals I have always had.

A thousand policemen directing traffic cannot tell you why you come or where you go.

All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.

I enjoy directing. I don't know whether it's improving or not, but it's certainly evolving in different directions.

It's such a strange combination that I'd be unhappy to make anything like that without Landis directing.

When actresses play actresses, or actors play actors, they have to find another level.

After all these years in the business, I really feel that actors are used. People treat actors worse than they treat children. It's always, 'Do me a favor,' it's always, 'Help me out,' it's always, 'You carry the load,' and then they don't want to admit what you've done.

Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance.

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

One of the unique things about 'American Horror Story' is, it's very respectful to actors. Actors in many cases don't want to be tied down to a seven-year contract. So my deal with the cast is: you're free after every year: you can come back, or you cannot come back.

Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.

On 'Silver Linings Playbook,' David O. Russell is the master at getting his actors to give him something that he doesn't expect. He loves to keep things spontaneous. He talks to the actors throughout a take because, in real life, you don't know what the next person is going to say; you don't know when you're going to get interrupted.

I don't want to say I'm never going to direct again, but directing's hard work.