Robin Tunney Quotes

A successful film begins by choosing a director whose creative vision will define the choices made by everyone involved in the film.

I think a director is hugely responsible for the fate of a film, so if it does well, he should be appreciated. As an actor, I can only perform well or choose to work with a good director in a good film.

John Huston is more of a creative director than most.

You - as a director, you have to do your job, you have to show things, and you don't have to ask the actors to do it, or the dialogue.

The poor show of a film can be crucial in an actor's career. Maybe that is why some actors choose to act in a lot of films, so as not to be affected by a single hit or a flop.

The Weinsteins believe in test screenings. I don't. I don't think good films are made that way. Call me crazy, but I'd like to think you need a singular vision to make good art.

I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker.

If a film doesn't play, people aren't going to be that nice.

From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing.

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

An actor is only a part of the film, not the whole, and very often, he is moulded by the director. That is why a good director can make so much difference to a film.

You can work really hard on your physicality, on your craft, on the films you do. You can choose the best of directors, the best of productions, get the best technicians, you can put your entire body and soul into the making of a film, but at the end of the day, it all depends on the mood of that one audience member that goes into that theater.

To me, the director is the most important, rather than the story.

I have a very clear vision, and I come from film, where director is God, so if there's a clash, it's painful.

Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that.

I love directing scenes that I'm not in because suddenly I really feel like a filmmaker which is a different thing.

I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.

When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.

As a director, my job is to spend money, and the producer's is to save money. Masoom, Bandit Queen and the first Queen Elizabeth have been my most uncompromised films.

I'm very strongly in favor of the auteur theory.

I don't quite know what an auteur is.

As a producer, the most important call you can get is on Saturday morning, when the Friday-night grosses come in. As a director, you want your film to be successful. But your outlook is a bit different. You become very conscious of the reviews.

As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.