What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering.Quote by Katherine Dunn about flattering, work
Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.Quote by Dennis Farina
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.Quote by Dennis Farina about character
You constantly have to find something that's challenging, a director who's challenging, co-stars who are challenging. That's what keeps us going.Quote by Linda Fiorentino about celebrity, stars
Man Without a Face was a good stepping-off point, but it wasn't without its own set of difficulties. The main ingredient for me as a director on that film was preparation, and that's what I carried over to this one.Quote by Mel Gibson about difficulties, film, good, good luck, man, face
All the technical advances have made it interesting for that inexplicable thing called acting, and it's allowing directors to go out and do their thing.Quote by Peter Fonda about things
He wrote, You are a very good director, son, and I love you very much. Your dad. He had never used those words with me before. I passed that letter around the company. For without the company, the letter would never have been written.Quote by Peter Fonda about companies, good, good luck, love
If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work.Quote by Peter Fonda about actors, writers, knowledge, work
After my screen test, the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled: She can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!Quote by Ava Gardner about attitude, tests
I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul.Quote by Ava Gardner about film, rules, soul, heart
I think it would make Frida so happy that through her life story for the first time, a female director wins an Oscar.Quote by Salma Hayek about love, happiness, time, life
There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.Quote by Salma Hayek about film, woman
They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.Quote by Salma Hayek about film, woman
I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, body
I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretationQuote by Dustin Hoffman about things
The video directors, they're all good, I guess. But they tend... they tend to be real control freaks because they want every shot perfect and they want your performance perfect and they want to give you every line reading.Quote by Anthony Hopkins about perfection, real estate, good, good luck
Before I went off to North Carolina, I was reading a lot of directors' books, among them my father's autobiography. Because there's a very good chapter about the technicalities of filmmaking in that book.Quote by Anjelica Huston about film, books, good, good luck