Olivia Thirlby Quotes

I think that any actor - any artist, period - would love to work with an artist like Lee Daniels.

Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him.

Sometimes I've done small parts, like with Spike Lee, but it doesn't matter because you want to work with the director.

I have the deepest respect for Terrence Malick and greatly enjoyed helping him on 'Tree of Life.' I consider him to be a good personal friend and professional contemporary.

I guess I gravitate towards stories that I like and directors that I want to work with, and I hope that it works out.

I have the most respect for Rick. You're always going to see a Shameik Moore and Rick Famuyiwa film.

I was very fortunate in the '70s to work with the best actors, the best directors, the best cinematographers.

I would like to work with Todd Phillips of 'The Hangover'. I would like to do more comedies; it would be a lot of fun. No actors in particular. I don't consciously seek out things to do.

To be honest, the real reason I did 'Drive' was because of Nicolas Winding Refn, the director.

When I got the invitation to be part of 'The Ghost' or 'The Ghost Writer,' as it's now known, from Mr. Roman Polanski, my interest level was very piqued. I was very excited and pleased to get such an offer from Mr. Roman Polanski.

Quentin Tarantino is a genius. I want to do every single film with him.

It's such a strange combination that I'd be unhappy to make anything like that without Landis directing.

I know I don't go looking for directors. I always wonder why they chose me.

In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.

Unfortunately for critics and audiences alike, I have made several films, and some films with really terrific actors. And I say this at my own peril, but Marion Cotillard is the best actor I've ever worked with.

I've definitely become more aware and conscious of what directors I'm working with because it's so important. The director is really more than half the battle of the film. You really rely on that. That's become really, really important to me, for sure.

I have the highest respect for stars and auteur directors. But I don't want to work with people who only invite me to the preview. We want to be in the collaborative movie business, not the financing one.

I would love to work with Shane Meadows - great director.

Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.

F. Gary Gray, I think, is one of the best directors I've ever worked with in my life, and I'd love to work with him again.

I have tried to make decisions to work with great directors, with good scripts, and that makes the pickings real slim.

I've worked with some really great directors, and I'm really choosy about them because they're telling the story at the end of the day.

I think it's rare for anyone that a really accomplished, amazing director calls you up and says, 'I want to make a movie around you, and I want it to be this.'

I've worked with David Lynch since I was 17, and working with him is home and family; being around Alexander Payne is home and family, Jonathan Demme. There are directors... Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson... They are directors where I create homes.

I'd jump to do a film with Aamir Khan. Aamir thinks through things before starting a project.