Sylvia Sidney Quotes

Having a connection and chemistry with a director is really key.

I think when you work enough on your doing freelance stuff on other films, you start to feel what it feels like to work with people who are not totally on the same page as you.

I have hardly ever worked with the same director twice. But when you have worked with a director before, you understand his behavior.

Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that.

To work with the same director is a great feeling.

I've worked alongside some very good directors and some not so good.

When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.

As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you do seem as good as it can be and even better than it is.

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me.

I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I think we writers are very important material for directors.

I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.

I have worked with some very great directors.

I love Malcolm Lee and jumped on the opportunity to work with him as a director.

I'd work with Danny Boyle every day of the week. No matter what he was doing I would do that.

I can count on one hand the directors who actually directed me.

Oh, I've been ridiculously lucky to work for, I'd say, five of the greatest directors of all time... and a lot of other great people, too.

I share a very good rapport with Shah Rukh, so I was at ease working with him, and Imtiaz is a dream director for any actor.

Film is a collaborative art form. If you're not being collaborative, you probably shouldn't be working in film. You don't do it on your own. People who understand that, cultivate that, get the best results.

I've been in this business a long time, and I've worked with a lot of different directors now. It's cool to get the chance to work with the same guy several times.

There was something really special about working with Lena Dunham. I immediately felt very comfortable with her, and we spoke the same language.

I'm a huge fan of Greta Gerwig, and working with her was also a dream come true. She was one of those directors who, when people asked me, 'Who do you wanna work with one day?' I'd say Greta Gerwig. I've always been a fan of mumblecore and her films, and so to work with her was just so much fun.

I've written with people who aren't like me, then I've written with people who totally get it. It's like a blind date, and you never know what's going to happen. But it's really cool because they learn from you, and you learn a little bit from them. And sometimes it works out, and sometimes it doesn't.

There's a constant dialogue going back and forth between the filmmakers and the producers.

In 'Stree', I had a great time working with the whole team and Dinu, being the producer and one of the most important people. And now we are doing another film together, and I'm sure there will be a couple of more films in the future.