Martin Short Quotes

I guess I would model myself after the Bill Condons, the Frank Darabonts and the David Nutters if I were to direct a feature, which I would love to do, by the way.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

I've done a few movies where I really liked the project, but I wasn't sure about the director, and I still did it and my instinct was right, in the beginning. Even though it was a good story, the guy still didn't really know what he was doing.

Stephen Daldry would be a director that I would love to work with as well as Peter Jackson, Tim Burton, and I'm very lucky to have worked with Isabel Coixet, who is also one of my favourite directors.

I don't see myself doing television, but I do see myself directing.

With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them.

I'm a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I'm interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.

A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.

With movies, it always feels like such a long shot getting it made.

Working with Sam Mendes was a dream come true. He's unbelievable as a director.

I wonder if Louis Ferreira would be interested in directing.

I'm not really a guy who wants to be a director, anyway.

As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic. The words for me are secondary, but the chemistry between the actors is most important. However, you have to go by the script because it's related to production, otherwise you will not finish your project.

Most directors prefer to direct everything themselves. I thought I could on Lord Of The Rings, but very quickly found out that the sheer scale prevented it.

Maybe if we sit out for the next few years and let Clint Eastwood get a little experience, he's going to be a good director.

There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors

Great directors can understand the staging in such a way that can make a scene come alive. Others have a certain way of pacing the scene.

David Ayer was put on my map, at that point, and I always kept note and clocked his career. When he started directing, I saw Harsh Times, I saw Street Kings and I saw End of Watch. I gave my agents a list of directors that I wanted to work with, and at the top of that list was David. I wanted to have that experience.

I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct.

A great director, first, is highly intelligent. And he is also a dedicated and willing to work hard. Now those are easy things to identify. The third is the creativity, and that is very difficult to identify in advance. This is why so many of the directors who have started with me were my assistant - the first one was Francis Ford Coppola.

Movies are certainly a director's medium, so getting the opportunity to work with really good directors is everything to me.

I have a great respect for actors like Clint Eastwood, who's a wonderful director. I think two pictures that I directed were not successful, so I decided not to make any more.

As a director, you just have to kind of like just get through the first project before starting on the next one.

Establishing what the vision is and being able to stick to it is the job, and everyone should be on the same page, going in. With that said, first-time director or not, you never know what you're going to get.

I generally don't involve myself in giving the actors some tips on acting. At the same time, I don't do that with the director.