Quotes by Directors Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing colloquium, where people pay to listen to and watch the directors direct. Beth Henley pigs directors people I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director. Bette Davis good-directors scripts directors I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really try and be sensitive to what each actor needs to get to where he wants to be. Bill Condon trying directors thinking But you really - I always think that a director has got to adapt to whatever the needs of the actor are. You know, so if you take someone like Eddie Murphy, who is not a big fan of rehearsal. You know he comes out of stand-up. He comes - it's all about capturing the moment - in the moment, you know. Bill Condon fans directors thinking I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing. Bill Mumy great-respect knows directors I'd like [Santa Claus] to give Wes Anderson, the director, enough money in his next budget for an aerial shot - just a little copter shot. He really wanted this one helicopter shot, and Disney wouldn't give him the money. Just wouldn't give him the money. Every day, he was talking to the studio about this helicopter shot. Bill Murray talking giving directors I knew that's where I was going. I knew we were going to Italy. You couldn't make this movie in America at this price. I knew it was going to be big. I knew there was going to be a ship involved and that there was going to be a set as big as the ship. I thought, well, here we go. But I knew that was where he was headed. He had been going this way for some time. All directors, once they have some success, they want to spend a whole heck of a lot of money. (Something else can't hear.) Bill Murray want directors america My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I'm pretty tall and especially if I work with short actors the difference can be pretty massive. Bill Skarsgard differences actors directors We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we'll see what happens. Billie Joe Armstrong broadway hbo directors I'm not sure that I'm really relevant as a director anymore. Or as a writer, either, to tell you the truth. Billy Bob Thornton relevant not-sure directors All the actors I've worked with as a director over the years I really love and I thought they were all right for the part. Billy Bob Thornton actors directors years I used to put that I studied with Stella Adler on my resume. I never met Stella Adler. But if you told a casting director you studied with Stella Adler all the sudden they'd let you in the door. Billy Bob Thornton casting doors directors I'm not really a full-time director, I just like to direct the things that I write because I think I'm going to know it better than someone else. Billy Bob Thornton writing directors thinking When you're a director, for two years or at least a year and a half, that's what your life is. So if you're gonna do it, you gotta be ready to do it and it has to be something you care about. I've found something that I do care about. Billy Bob Thornton two directors years I'm not really a guy who wants to be a director, anyway. Billy Bob Thornton guy want directors As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is. Billy Crystal actors character directors A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard. Billy Wilder sycophants film-directing directors The best director is the one you don't see. Billy Wilder motivational inspirational directors On Ernst Lubitsch: He could do more with a closed door than other directors could do with an open fly. Billy Wilder doors culture directors It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time. So there are a lot of elements that come into play and a lot of variables, but more than anything it's got to be a great script and a great character. Blair Underwood play character directors «678910111213141516»