#director

I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#directors #i #movies #respect #still

Sometimes a character is really based on research that you do. Other times it's just based on your imagination or perhaps your conversation with the director. Or sometimes all of the above. It depends on the movie and character. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#based #character #conversation #depends #director

An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#directors #films #modest #more #number

Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#burt #director #lancaster #largely #me

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work. ↗

— Harold Ramis

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The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you. ↗

— Stephen Rea

#actually #confuse #director #gets #nerves

I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films don't bring their costs in back home, once they're shown outside of India they manage to cover the costs. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#because #bring #costs #cover #directors

Most of the top actors and actresses may be working in ten or twelve films at the same time, so they will give one director two hours and maybe shoot in Bombay in the morning and Madras in the evening. It happens. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#director #evening #films #give #happens

If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#after #challenging #character #choose #criteria

Good is the director who lets you do what you have to do. ↗

— Marc Ribot

#good #lets #who #you