Great Director Quotes

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

I think Jesse Eisenberg is such a great writer. He was a great director and really tough.

I think that the 'Bourne Trilogy,' it's definitely redefined the genre and took it to a new level. It was really great to be part of that experience. It is a very smart movie and a very smart script, great director, and great, you know, fellow actors.

'Aashiq' is a romantic film, even though my character is a rather aggressive guy. You could even call it an intense romance. And working with Indra Kumar has been an excellent experience. He is a great director.

I don't see how it's a risky thing to take a great part with a great director and a great script. That, to me, is not really a dangerous, risky proposition. It's actually a really good choice.

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

There's a heresy which is perpetuated by film school that to be a great director you have to write your own stuff.

To be a great director, what does it mean exactly? It's not only about a great director, but also about being able to rely on the very special chemistry that goes between them. It not only has to be a great director, but the great director has to make his relationship to you, the actor, very special.

Peter Jackson is a wonderful man. He's a great director. He's found his niche in life.

I want to have a great director, and also a great producer and co-stars. And there should be a tight script. After all, regardless of how the film turns out, I must have fun doing the film!

I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing.

Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

Rob Hardy is such a great director.

Warren Beatty is a great director. I wish Warren would direct another film right now, because I'd love to do another film with Warren. I think that 'Dick Tracy' is an outstanding film in its own right.

I would love to work with Shane Meadows - great director.

There are people who expect me to look the way I do on-screen, where I have a great director of photography and fantastic lighting. I'm sorry to disappoint people, but I don't look like that all the time - no actress does.

Any great director is also someone who is incredibly intelligent about whom they hire around them.

Classics stay alive because a great actor or a great director wants to do them.

When you work with a great director, you can have a great partnership.

When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

A great director or leader knows his people, creates a great team, and then makes a great movie that can influence millions more than the readers of his column.

Larry Kasdan is a great director.

I was too dumb to know Opie was going to grow up to be a great Director, if so, boy, I would certainly have become his best friend.

Michael Winterbottom is one of the great directors of this century.