William Fichtner Quotes

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

The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.

In the past I've worked with directors who saw very much their scene in their head and knew exactly how they were going to cut it.

Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.

I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering the movie in postproduction. They're editing the script they shot.

I really love Hitchcock; I think he was a complete genius, to me one of the best directors. Such a sense of how to put things together.

If we had to go live action, I'd hold out for Tim Burton to direct.

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

Ridley Scott is a cinematic master and a great man. It was a real honour working with him on 'Prometheus.'

I don't have a style. I've never thought of myself as a stylist like the visual stylists I admire enormously - Adrian Lyne, Ridley Scott, Alan Parker - in which every shot has a great idea in them.

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

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

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.

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.

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

I let my people know that I'd love to work with Ryan Coogler one day because I thought he's just one of those truly auteur directors of our time. And I was just like, 'I want to work with a guy like that.' I think he has such a great understanding and distinct voice of his own.

Alexander Payne is one of those directors who is completely in charge and knows exactly what he wants, which is really fun. It's fun when a director is very specific. He knows totally the tone that he's going for. It makes it easier than if everyone's just guessing and trying to figure it out.

The great directors, I've learned, have a great sense of rhythm.

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

I love creating bold, cinematic moments with my runway shows, so the idea of being a film director has always been appealing to me.

Ridley creates a very immersive world, so when you walk up to a Ridley Scott film set you're in Ridley Scott's imagination, and it's a really comfortable, cool place to be.