I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang with him about five things, things we'd worked on. And then I went to sing for Andrew Lloyd Weber.
Gerard Butler

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
James Allen

I like working as a director most.
Stephen Chow

My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
Quentin Tarantino

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.
Norman Lear

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him.
Gloria Swanson

I doubted that there were Communists hiding behind every corporation desk and director's chair.
Gloria Swanson

If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.
Julie Andrews

Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.
Faye Dunaway

But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director.
Mel Smith

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.
Dennis Farina

I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.
Jacqueline Bisset

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.
Dennis Farina

I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right.
Natalie Portman

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.
Satyajit Ray

I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character.
Vin Diesel

Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras as some shooting has to be done, so he directs by telephone. The shooting takes place. On schedule.
Satyajit Ray

Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens.
Satyajit Ray

Good is the director who lets you do what you have to do.
Marc Ribot

I think TV is much more the writer's medium and film is about the director and their vision and how you can collaborate with them and see that through to the end. They are so different.
Patrick Dempsey