Famous Quotes & Sayings

Domhnall Gleeson

I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.

Mike White

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I see only one requirement you have to have to be a director or any kind of artist: rhythm. Rhythm, for me, is everything. Without rhythm, there's no music. Without rhythm, there's no cinema. Without rhythm, there's no architecture.

Steven Soderbergh

Is it inappropriate for the director of 'Ocean's Twelve' to go to Belpre, Ohio?

Damian Lewis

I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way.

Penny Marshall

I've directed seven movies and know a thing or two about dealing with unexpected crises.

Stanley Tucci

I've directed a film set in the '50s.

Edward James Olmos

I've been in the director's chair for 'Battlestar Galactica' since its first season. I directed the only comedy that's ever been done in Galactica history.

We were playing too direct (in the first half). I explained to them that they had to start playing east-west. They had to spread the defense, and then we'd find the holes.

The public is frustrated and disappointed with what they see as a lack of progress in improving the quality of education. Because the issue is so important to them, (voters) want to see officials at all levels engaged, even if they're not directly involved (in education).

We felt comfortable moving in this direction. It was just a matter of getting there.

We got some direction here today. Scott and I can now go back to the departments, sit down, and hear their needs.

We think it is totally wrong for the state to direct a media outlet like this.

Dennis Erickson

We're going to wait for the legal part of it to come about and find out exactly what happened and what direction we're going to go in.

We're very interested in our directors as being as accountable as possible to our shareholders.

John Beilein

We're very excited about our television schedule. To go from one or two national games a year to possibly double-digit games on national television is good news, but you can't get on television unless you play the top teams in the country. It speaks well about the direction of our program.

We're very excited about Danny's development. The experience that he gained last season plus his off-season work has put him in a position to drive this team in the direction we want to go.

The ISM report did have a big impact on the markets, and part of the reason is that the economy is now more of a service economy. And services are going to be much more directly and more immediately impacted by the higher energy prices we have seen.

The insistence by CBC on the need to be able to hire more temporary workers can be traced directly to the corporation's serious funding shortfall,

The Fed may become less comfortable offering guidance on the direction of interest rates. The market is going to watch to see if they remove 'measured.

The fashion industry now has a direct relationship with its customers. Thanks to things like Twitter, ideas can be shared and circulated.

Initially, you don't need five lanes in each direction.

I'm interested in having people who have no direct interest in the bidding process to provide independent, objective information to the committee.

Gary Ross

I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.

James Gray

I know this sounds phony, but I don't start out on a project going, 'I'm going to make an emotional work,' you know what I mean? You try to tell the story directly and honestly and with passion.

Mark Ruffalo

I knew playwrights and stage directors before I ever knew filmmakers,

Michael Arrington

I have Twitter auto-post to my Facebook page, and I occasionally post things directly to Facebook as well. I've always noticed that the direct-to-Facebook approach generates far more likes, but I've never actually gone back and run the averages.

Jennifer Hale

I like it when I can hear directly from the writer: what they're seeing, what they're envisioning, and what their intention is.

I'm rooting for the Jays. I was either scouting director or a cross-checker for 10 years. Whenever we had to promote a player we knew someone was ready, or when we had to trade a player, we had someone ready. Our farm system must have been okay.

Improvements in the quality of sexual life were directly related to weight loss and seemed to reach their maximum at about 12 percent weight loss.

Immigration is directly related to it. We can't sit like ostriches with our heads in the sand any longer.

It's really hard to tell. We just have to keep working on things, stressing things and using game experiences as learning experiences. I think we have made strides in the right direction but we have to keep making strides.

Alain Resnais

It's painful, either because the people onscreen have died, or because I don't think the direction is good. There's always something.