Chloe Kohanski Quotes

I'm interested in good collaborations and in working with directors who bring something new and interesting out of you.

I tend to gravitate toward people who are a bit more eccentric and creative and artistic in some ways. And I like bringing disparate kinds of creative people together to create some great work, even to share points of view on a new direction.

The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.

I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in. When the director has a vision for a piece that I've never heard before, and they can back that up with visuals and they talk a good game, I get really interested in the world that they're trying to create.

I think film is collaboration, and I always want to hear everyone's input.

I want to interact creatively with the directors I work with - it's a thrilling way to work.

My definition of an artist is anyone who's ahead of his time and behind on his rent.

Gary Ross is amazing. He's just - he always has a billion ideas of what he wants, but has a very clear perspective also; he just makes it work. He really does. He's trying different things and making everything look amazing.

Frank Miller is more of a visionary than any director I've ever worked with, and he achieves that vision better than anyone I've ever worked with.

The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.

I want to work with producers who are unique and have a different sound.

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do something or not. The character is important to me, as is getting to work with people that I feel like I can learn from and make a great movie with.

I love working with directors who have good taste. It's incredible when a director can say something and things open up for you. I went to The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and some of my best experiences on sets have been working with other alums.

Sometimes two artists wanna work together, but it doesn't mean it's gonna happen, because you have to find the right idea.

I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.

People think if you're a movie star, you're the boss. But first of all, I'm not a movie star, I'm in a very different place. I'm not looking to do what I want - I am looking for what we can find. It's a creative process.

The directors I respect are the ones who have a collaborative attitude, who collaborate with actors.

In truth, I have always been amazed by a group of people who all work toward putting one person's vision forward - that's an interesting story for me.

When the director has a vision for a piece that I've never heard before, and they can back that up with visuals, and they talk a good game, I get really interested in the world that they're trying to create.

So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say, 'oh yeah - that's a great point.' And you never know; often you can help far more than you think you can, because there's so much more that he's juggling than an actor.

I collaborated on most of my dance numbers, literally 50/50, with the choreographers I worked with.

I love working with Darren Lynn Bousman. He is such a cool director with really great ideas.

I didn't want to just work within Hollywood when I started a production company. I wanted to be able to collaborate with great artists from all over the world.

To work with Ken Branagh was amazing; it was always a dream of mine to work with a man as creative and talented as that.

If I do a play, it's my vision, and everybody else is working on the production to support that. If I do an opera, I feel like part of my job is to support that composer, to try and create something that allows the composer to do his or her best work. In movies, it's usually the director.