Alison Owen Quotes

I think, as directors, they may recognize, more than the rest of the body of filmmakers, exactly what you do as a director, because I think sometimes the conception is if the camera isn't swinging around, and it's not pyrotechnic or worthily melodramatic, then the direction is uninvolved.

I would love to see Steven Spielberg working. I just think he's the greatest living director.

I love David Fincher - even though it was just two scenes, I loved the way we worked and could tell by the way he was shooting it that this was going to be an affective movie to say the least.

There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.

It was Howard Hawks who changed my life.

Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'

I wanted to be Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, and Hitchcock. I'd wanted to be a director since 13, and horror and the suspense thriller were the most powerful genres to me.

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

In terms of directing, there's a number of directors who definitely had a great impact on me, Woody Allen certainly being one of them.

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

I have always wanted to work with Lingusamy, as he is a master of commercial cinema. I have always admired his etching of female characters.

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

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

I think one of my favorite directors is P.T. Anderson - living directors, I should say. And Spike Jonze is one of my favorites, Gus Van Sant.

An epic is the canvas Brian DePalma paints on.

Steven Spielberg had a tremendous influence on me through his early stuff. 'E.T.', 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' - 'Jaws,' I think, is one of the most beautifully directed films ever.

We’re all children of Kubrick, aren’t we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn’t done?

It's almost inherent, but I'm a massive Stanley Kubrick fan. I'm a big admirer of what guys like Christopher Nolan have been able to do. For me, to be able to try to make big films that reach a lot of people, and that hopefully have something to say, is a lofty goal, but that's my goal.

Rod Lurie is one of the most wonderful directors I have had the pleasure to work with. He shoots like Clint Eastwood: no fuss. When he gets it, he knows it - one or two takes.

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

Irvin Kershner, no matter what anyone says, has done some great work. 'Eyes of Laura Mars' is an incredible movie.

I admire Akira Kurosawa. I have a deep admiration for him and I would love to make films like that.

I would love to direct films and it's certainly on the cards.

Dibakar and Shekhar have the vision that we would associate with European cinema. They leave their actors on their own to give a personal narration on the screen.

The most creative director I have worked with is Mani Ratnam.