James Spader Quotes

I'm learning more and more to share creativity with the crew and actors. A film crew is more powerful if you listen to them, but it does make my job more tough because I have to listen.

I haven't worked with a director who is a crazy person at all.

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.

I think everything you do, whether it's low budget things when you're first starting out or full feature films or when you're working with Hollywood, you're always learning, all the time.

There's so many people involved in making a film.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

Making movies was a real weird kind of adult experience. In a way it was like MIT, in that it was a great education. The big lesson is, people are people. They're smart, funny, creative people, but they're people.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

Fashion is much more collaborative than one might think. You have to have an idea and vision, and you have to communicate that vision to a team of people, and you have to create an environment that allows those people to give the best that they can give.

I'm always learning from experiences because each one is different and there are different players involved in the project at the time with their own way of doing things.

A film takes a lot of time, and yet not enough to share with the people you're making the movie with, I think.

The funny thing about directing is that you have your own opinions, but it's a collaboration. Directing is a group effort. Even though you might think something works, the smartest thing you can do as a director is try and weigh the opinions of the people around you.

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.

I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers. I feel that I am just a storyteller, and whether I am wearing the director hat or the playwright hat, it doesn't matter. And the rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic, and the best idea wins.

When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch.

As a director, I get to have a much broader creative expression than as an actress.

I think that one thing I have learned as a freshman is that it is really important to collaborate.

I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

I think, at the end of the day, filmmaking is a team, but eventually there's got to be a captain.

When I was a kid it was much more difficult. You're trying to understand what the director wants. It's a learning process. Now, you go in and it's more of a collaboration.

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself.

I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.