A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.
Frank Darabont

The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has.
Francois Truffaut

It does make you a better director and a better actor.
Charles Keating

The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.
Frances McDormand

Time management is a big part of the director's job.
Debbie Allen

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
Patricia Clarkson

In cinema, the leading player is the director.
Ben Kingsley

How can you have a director that doesn't go to work with the crew every day and talk to them?
Don Bluth

I don't have a director. The audience directs me.
Hal Holbrook

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.
Elia Kazan

I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.
Jackie Cooper

I have no idea what makes a director believe in me that I can sell these kind of roles.
Izabella Scorupco

I had no plans to be a director.
Mike Figgis

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

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.
Kathryn Bigelow

The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor and the producer.
Kyle MacLachlan

It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one.
Trevor Rabin

I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
Aaron Eckhart

A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.
Elia Kazan

The director calmed me down and told me I was being too hard on myself. He went on to say that I wasn't quite as bad as I thought, but needed to tone things down a bit.
Dwight Schultz