Famous Quotes & Sayings

We start with that, then schools can be moved in either direction. It's worked well for us for years.

William Sadler

It used to annoy and frustrate me to have to come in and audition. I would say to my agents, 'Haven't they seen this film and this film and this film? They know what I look like... They must.' Until I directed an episode of 'Roswell.' And all of a sudden, I realized why that was such an important thing.

Amy Adams

I'm not the kind of actress who asks a lot of questions of my directors unless it's something I really need to know.

Rock helps me communicate directly with the people because rock doesn't lie, and people are fed up with lying politicians.

Casting directors don't necessarily want a more recognizable commercial face. Sometimes, they want a lesser known person.

Anjelica Huston

I don't see myself ever retiring, unless it's for something that I like better, and so far I like directing a lot but I don't see the necessity to retire from anything unless there's a really great alternative.

There is importance of a Guru in shaping our lives and giving right direction to us.

Otto Preminger

Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.

Wassily Kandinsky

Color is a power which directly influences the soul.

Stunt coordinating is a good training ground for directing because you have exposure to all the departments in film.

The question for me with TV was a question of money. I guess if I had lots, I might have done it. But this isn't a big-money campaign, as far as I'm concerned. I've limited myself to direct mail and newspaper ads.

Tom Ridge

Time will tell if we can directly link him to a specific organization or not,

Jerry Reed

Times like this you think, 'Well, we can't help 100,000 people or over a million,' but if you can take one truckload and knowing it's going directly into the hands of those that are needing it now.

Trade secrets which go directly to the economic security of the United States, which today is tantamount to our national security,

Kevin Spacey

The more shows that are produced, the more writers are hired, producers are hired, actors are hired, directors are hired, it means the more people will get employed. It's better for the economy. It's a fantastic thing.

Mike Birbiglia

Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an announcement, 'So today I'm driving the bus.' And everybody's like, 'What?' And you're like, 'I'm gonna drive the bus.' And they're like, 'But you don't know how to drive the bus.'

Mike Birbiglia

I majored in screenwriting and playwriting in school - and wanted to make films as a career. But when I directed my first short in college - which was called 'Extras' - I lost thousands of dollars and made an unsatisfying and incomplete film.

Misha Collins

For me, to be perfectly honest, the part of my brain that was stimulated by directing was much more exciting than a typical day of acting.

Nikki Reed

I think for women especially, writing and creating your own role, producing, directing - having some control over what you do is really important. We can pave the way for other women to send what messages they want sent.

Do you imagine Sergio Leone with a philosophy? Come on! He was a primitive of movies, a great director on set.

What I aspire to is to have the viewer look directly at the subject, as if they're looking through a window at the real thing.

Colum McCann

Very seldom in my fiction have I directly used the stories people have told me. I think ripping off people's lives in fiction is dangerous. It also lacks imagination.

Diane Cilento

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.

Trey Parker

I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.

Tadanobu Asano

There are lots of actors who insist on speaking the lines themselves, and you hear the same thing from directors and the audience, but I don't think it's worth getting het up about. I think it makes more sense to use someone who speaks that country's language: that's what voice actors are for.

I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.

Tinashe

My music is a direct reflection of the eclectic person I am. I don't like to be stuck in an R&B box.

Tom Renney

I thought we played a solid game. I thought we were, generally speaking, pretty complete. I'm going to look at this as a step in the right direction towards the playoffs.

Saxby Chambliss

I think we're doing the right things. We're heading in the right direction and hopefully we're going to have all these markets reopened soon.

I think we'll be right there in all of those games. This team has a direction now.

I think we're progressing. I don't think we're directly on target, but there is progression.

John Boorman

I think that as a director you have to at the very least shape the script; structure it. Otherwise you're not really doing your job.

Bruno Tonioli

I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.