Elizabeth Reaser Quotes

I think when you pay attention to the shots, you're aware of the fact that there's a director. Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel.

I always wanted to direct. Directing is a lot more of a commitment though, a lot more time. I like directors who do very few takes, they know what they want.

There's no point in it unless it's a story that you really want to tell. It's a nebulous job. Unless you're doing it well, you're not doing anything. And there are a few of those. It's perfectly possible to be a passenger on a film set because if somebody else has written it, you can make nothing of that role and that's exactly what bad directors do.

I never think of myself as a celebrity - or even an actor, actually. I think of myself as a writer-director.

When I'm making a movie, it's making use of my creative juices, and it fills me up with what really is - I think my purpose here is to tell stories.

I think now I'm just excited to continue directing and find stories that inspire me and bring those to the screen.

When I was shooting with Tarantino and Mike Mills and amazing directors, it made me think that I would never be a director. It's obviously too hard.

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

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

I think that our task as filmmakers is to create the most insightful reality given the most pressing questions.

I always wanted to work with Ashutosh Gowariker because of the interesting ways in which he depicts stories in his films.

Directors are the fulcrum of the movie. They guide us well, not merely rein actors in. Whenever we stray, they bring us back on track.

All producers and directors want to make good films.

I don't think film is the writer's medium, and so I was interested to see what a director would do with it.

If you decide to direct a film, it's because you have something to say, something to show to the audience.

I always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense. If you're a writer who is also going to direct, you're doing all your preparation: You're already visualizing everything, you're imagining how the lines are going to be read, you see the blocking in your head, and you know the rhythm and the pacing.

As an actor, most of the time, you only have so much say in how, what and where things go. As a director, you really get to paint a bigger picture. You have many more brushes to use.

I always wanted to direct. I always saw myself as a director.

There are directors, and I think this is true of all directors, it would be true if I was a director - If the actor didn't want to do what I was suggesting, I would let him do it his way, and then I would say to him, "Just give me one where you do what the director wants", and that, of course, is the take that's used.

I just want to make films that are personal, but interesting to an audience.

Even if I loved the script, the director has to be right because it's all about the filmmaker. It's their vision. They're the ones that go back into the editing room and reassemble the film.

I really enjoy talking to actors or filmmakers that enjoy that process of creating and how they go about doing it.

Most of the time I've worked with directors who write their own scripts. The story is more important to me than the part. The project of the film has always been more important to me.

If you have a vision or if you believe the director has a vision, then at least you've got something to talk about, something to try and head to and I think that's mandatory for every director to have to do a good job.

There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors