Morgan Freeman Quotes

John Lee Hancock is someone that I had admired from afar. I think he is a wonderful director... in the tradition I would say both of Clint Eastwood and Frank Capra.

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

I can say that I've become a David Fincher disciple. I have been completely turned.

James Wan is somebody who doesn't have any problem coming in and directing somebody else's script, he'll be the director for hire and he has his own style and he loves that.

I have been a long time fan of Jean-Luc Godard. It's my dream to work with him.

I was always a fan of Nic. With his movie, you know it's "A Nic Refn Movie."

I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino, who takes time to figure out what his next movie is.

'Barton Fink' owed something to Roman Polanski. As a director, he always goes beyond the obvious narrative drift.

Hawks is great, 'The Treasure of Sierra Madre,' 'The Big Sleep'... He could do the Salt-of-the-Earth very well. He was a very smooth director; a very good film architect in terms of his storytelling.

I admire Ridley Scott, and I'm thrilled to be making a movie for him.

The first time I saw Douglas Sirk was in college. I didn't encounter him on the late, late, late show like a lot of people; people a little older than me, maybe. But I saw him already as someone to take special note of in an academic context in college. I was immediately in a state of visual splendor.

When you first start out, you want to be Fellini, or you want to be Bergman.

I would like to thank the 49 actors who appear on screen in 'Whiplash' for realizing Damien Chazelle's vision so beautifully.

I've obviously always been aware of actor-oriented films, being an actor. Altman and Cassavetes were really strong. And then I realized their structures were quite fascinating, too.

I'm inspired by film-makers such as Ridley Scott, David Fincher, Orson Welles.

Director Aji John has a style of filmmaking that will surely appeal to all.

I have always believed Chandra Barot is a very talented director.

When a director shifts gears as often as does Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, the man behind the emotionally rich debut film 'Amores Perros,' you may wonder if he knows what he wants.

I feel Prawaal Raman is an amazing director with great films in his pocket like 'Gayab.'

Sharan is a very talented director, well versed with his craft.

'Twin Peaks' without David Lynch is like a dog without a bark.

I've been pretty lucky to work with directors who were quite influenced by European cinema.

I wanted to work with Sriram Raghavan, the master of noir.

Akira Kurosawa, David Lean and Alfred Hitchcock were the main inspirations for 'Samurai Jack,' along with a lot of '70s cinema.

Whenever anybody asked me, 'Who is your number one director to work with?' I would always say Tim Burton.