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Director Quotes
What it takes to call yourself a director, and what it costs.
These quotes focus on the identity of directing - one insists on owning the title of filmmaker rather than hiding behind lesser labels, while another admits not wanting the weight of leading hundreds of people. Related: Directing.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done auditions where the casting director is taking the paper out of my hand in the middle of reading.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A casting director who'd cast me in 'Assassins' sent a video to Kevin Reynolds, the director, and Mel Gibson, whose company is producing '187.' Then I went in and auditioned, and a few hours later, they called me.
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I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.
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The director is a Canadian, Jeff Stephenson, and any time I get a script that has any Canadian component, I'm always immediately much more interested.
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I started off as an assistant director in Mani Ratnam's 'Ayudha Ezhuthu' and 'Yuva.'
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I was six years old when I saw my first Godard movie, eight when I first experienced Bergman. I wanted to be a director when I was fourteen.
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If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.
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My mom worked as an education director.
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I thought I'd make a really great director because I'm an actor. Like, I thought I could really direct actors.
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When I'm playing as an actor, I don't want to interfere at all with the director. I'm just an actor. I'm totally respectful.
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I'm a writer and director. And the movie I've seen a million times is 'Coming Home,' directed by Hal Ashby and starring Jon Voight, Jane Fonda and Bruce Dern.
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- Nov 07, 2020