#director

The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#agent #crude #director #each #hollywood

Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why. ↗

— Sheryl Lee

#actress #director #draw #every #everything

We are the only school in America, drama school in America that trains actors, writers and directors side by side for three years in a master's degree program, and we want them - to expose them to everything. ↗

— James Lipton

#degree #directors #drama #drama school #everything

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background. ↗

— Mario Lopez

#blindly #cases #casting #casting directors #directors

If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up by directors who were much older. You were whisked about and shown things. I did work very hard though. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#always #did #directors #film #film industry

Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good. ↗

— Akira Kurosawa

#because #been #create #directors #good

I don't think anyone can really make up their mind and say, Now I'm going to be a director. ↗

— Judd Hirsch

#director #going #i #make #make up

A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts. ↗

— Omar Epps

#doubt #instincts #lot #make #tend

The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles. ↗

— Swoosie Kurtz

#ask #director #first #first thing #i

Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to play the eight shows a week. ↗