Eva Marie Saint Quotes

You set the tone on the set that you want to see in the film.

The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a huge responsibility.

I guess whatever the director's energy is is kind of contagious on set, because, um, you know, it's a hierarchy, and we're all kind of looking to the director for guidance.

I think 'director' is a very broad term. I like to think of myself as the head collaborator, not the director, because I think, for a lot of people, 'director' connotes giving orders and telling people what to do.

I would say that the energy on set is always the energy of the director because he's the boss.

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.

A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at work and everybody does their best.

A director just pushes them a little this way or that way.

There is an isolated experience to being a director. It's very communal because there's a crew, but it's only you. You're the one on the hook.

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.

I think I can be an intimidating energy in the room. I think I come in with an aura of wanting results because as the playwright, I know how it goes, and there's the thought, 'Why can't they catch up?'

I feel that directors at times are like the janitors on the set. I am the secretary, I am the organizer, I am the maid, and I ask if they have eaten or rested. The best things are always out of your control. It's those moments that surpass the imagination that are thrilling.

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.

Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.

As a producer, I learned not to declare anything about a movie I'm not directing.

There is a director for a reason, because a director knows what's best for the movie. You just give your director as much as you can to work with, and hopefully, the decisions they make are going to be great.

The idea, as a director, is to be able to bring everybody on board and to inspire and give energy to everybody and to explain specific color, specific ambience. I need to be very precise, but I think I'm a better director when I'm more a channeler than a dictator.

I've heard directing talked about as being a benign dictatorship, and I think that's probably the best way a director should be. They're open to collaboration and feedback from people, but ultimately, it's got to be that one person's vision. That's what I think makes a film really stand out.

Alex Zamm is probably the most talented director I've ever worked with. He is so good at working with actors and crew and setting up his shots.

I think there is more cohesion when you have one director on set.

When you're the showrunner, you're the person that's in control of most of the details, and to be able to take all that and then to step right behind the camera and to have a direct line of communication with the crew and with the actors - to not be delivering that through another person - is pretty freeing and extremely stimulating.

Unlike so many producers who sit in their offices and operate from there, I take pride in calling myself a creative producer.