Director quotes
141 director quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines“The job of director is to control the illusion.”
“I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.”
“I came from a background of directing behind-the-scenes documentaries.”
“I prefer working behind the camera.”
“When I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.”
“I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
“He famously was interested in pure cinema, using the image and the sound rather than people just sitting around talking.”
- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
“There’s always going to be an element of mystery to Hitchcock; it’s very hard to explain it rationally.”
“I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it.”
“I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.”
“I think in America I'm looked upon as the equivalent of a European director -- which is quite laughable.”
- La trovi in Actors and Art
“I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound.”
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