Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack Nicholson

I worry from the moment I take a job. I worry about how I'm going to do it, if I can do it... Then I walk on set and the director says, 'Roll', and all of a sudden, all of it disappears and it's all happening, and I relax, and I'm doing what I do, and I'm not even thinking about it.

We're unclear whether there is a direct connection.

Emma Roberts

It's always great when a director is just supportive of what you're doing. They're not so much critiquing you but giving you more ideas, giving you tons of things to work with, making you question your character and making you think about it... and making it seem like everything is limitless. That usually helps a lot.

Any director or writer or artist has the right to do what they want to do - freedom of expression is something I celebrate.

Bernard Hill

I had a really good time working with Jim Cameron. A lot of people didn't, but I did as I got on with him really quite well. For a director who spends most of his time looking down a lens or in the digitisation studio or working out some graphics, he is actually very good with actors.

Bryce Dallas Howard

My first time I directed a play was 'No Exit,' a play set in a subway.

Bryce Dallas Howard

Directing 'When You Find Me' was one of the most creatively rewarding endeavors of my career.

There are a lot of question marks about the strategic direction that they are going in. Is this still a sale or not?

Carice van Houten

Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and they know that I'm somebody who talks and asks, and talks, and talks, and talks and questions and turns things around. I'm like a little cat, walking around my little nest until I find my place.

I make a point to never, ever point out my physical flaws... this is advice I give to women as often as I can. People don't notice the things we see in ourselves that we hate, so why direct them to it?

David Cronenberg

I don't mind writing so I didn't find that difficult, it's just a question of finding the time to do it. I kind of like the direct connection with the fans actually, it's pretty neat.

Bev Perdue

I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

Brooke Elliott

I think a lot of times we're so told in our world that marriage is everything, and having a partner is everything. If you look at our movies and things, it's all directed around that love, and if you don't have that love, how sad you are.

Bill Paxton

I got to direct a human interest sports drama - to this day, one of my proudest achievements in my career and a source of undying pride.

The great directors managed to dissolve and disappear into the work. They make other people look good.

Andrew McCarthy

So I wanted to explore all points of view of that, not just the girl's but his point of view as well. Only by directing it could I explore all the points of view.

Bill O'Reilly

One night, I just woke up and I went, 'Killing Jesus.' And I believe, because I'm a Catholic, that comes from the Holy Spirit. My inspiration comes from that. And so I wrote 'Killing Jesus' because I think I was directed to write that.

I start with an idea that is no more than a paragraph long, and expand it slowly into an outline. But I'm always surprised by the directions things take when I actually start writing.

Anupam Kher

Being a popular director or actor's son can be frightening in this industry. What if you are not able to make it?

This sends a message -- not only to the players, but also to the fans -- about the direction the team is going and that we've identified key players.

Jamie Lee Curtis

The parameters are such that I don't get offered a lot of work. I'm sure most directors hear my list of don'ts and say forget it.

Dieter Zetsche

This really, I think, is a whole new direction this market can take.

Romola Garai

There are American directors I'd really like to work with, but I don't know how much I want to be sitting in my house, doing the rounds of meetings with CEOs. You have to be really hardworking to do all that, and I'm lazy.

When you have a storm which is a direct hit, putting water down in the quantities that hit storm Katrina dumped on New Orleans, there is nowhere for the water to go except in that basin and fill that basin up.

Sean Penn

There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.

There are incentives, but in the U.S. -- with 85 percent of people subscribing to paid TV services -- it's hard to see direct over-the-air TV service having much impact in the future.

Mark Leibovich

When you live in Washington, D.C., you do get a sense, in a very direct way, of the durability of our government and really, the greatness of the American system.

There has to be proper supervision. The director might expect a dog to jump from a height of six feet. We can't play with the lives of our livelihood. We treat them like our children. The guidelines must be followed strictly.

There hasn't been an undergraduate director for one of the main stage plays for quite some time. It's really an honor to be able to do this.

We knew that a win like this could get our team in the right direction.

We're not planning to go 24 hours, but we are taking a step in that direction.

We're not in as dire a situation as Orange or Seminole counties. We learned from last year's hurricanes to have as much fuel on hand as possible.

Marco Rubio

We can't stop talking about the importance of our values and our culture. We can't stop talking about them because the moral well-being of our people is directly linked to their economic well-being.