#director

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director. ↗

— Patrice Leconte

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Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique. ↗

— David Lean

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I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes a star. It's hard for Russell Crowe to walk down a street or take a subway. I can fly coach. ↗

— Michael Mann

#becomes #coach #crowe #directors #down

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

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If Martin Scorsese calls, I am available. And then there the ones, well, you can just run down the list - any of those Oscar-nominated films, they have amazing directors across the board. ↗

— Timothy Olyphant

#am #amazing #any #available #board

The directors that I end up having a really good time with are the ones that understand the fluidity of the medium and are interested in catching lightning in a bottle. ↗

— Oliver Platt

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I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan. ↗

— Donnie Yen

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A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later?" Stanley Kubrick ↗

— Stanley Kubrick

#films #music

A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#casting #casting director #continue #couple #director

The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it, so when I sat down with my agents after I was ready to go back to work, I told them: It's all about the directors. ↗

— Jessica Alba

#after #agents #back #directors #down