Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rory Kennedy

With 'Women in Hollywood,' I didn't direct it, but I produced it, and what we did is followed the money of Hollywood and how that intersects with issues relating to women and, frankly, sexism.

Charlton Heston

Above all, a director has to be a good captain.

Charlie Rose

I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture.

W. S. Gilbert

We found historic letters showing that Lord Stanley directed his aid-de-camp to travel to England to purchase the Cup. That was an interesting historical find.

Daniel Andrews

We can directly measure water ice, and then we can fly right through the plume.

Rick Rubin

We felt Johnny's presence during the whole process through to the end. It felt like he was directing the proceedings, and I know that the musicians all felt that as well... More than once, Fergie and I would look at each other and say 'Johnny would love this,' because it was so good and so different from anything we'd done before, we knew he would be excited by what was happening.

Kelly Brown

We're just waiting for direction from the federal level.

Unless FEMA has a direct line to the president, the people of Hawaii and the nation are at risk. FEMA must be restored as an independent agency.

We're moving in the right direction. We're starting to get a lot of momentum.

We're moving in the right direction. At this point, that's all we can hope for.

With the January results, we have made a good step in this direction.

We're going to do some investigating to see if this event was directly related to her employment.

We explained our financial circumstances and the different direction we are going to take,

We're pleased with the results. We're headed in the right direction.

We're pleased with the overall state results, because the trends are all in an upward direction.

We're far more direct in getting at what we think matters. The urgency is palpable.

Through an exhaustive search, facilitated by Ralph Stow of Plano and the ACC Executive Director search committee, with representatives from Allen, Frisco, and Plano, we were able to examine the top talent in the country.

Tony Raines

With what they're going through and what they have at their disposal, it's going to get us pointed in the right direction sooner than later.

Catherine Keener

I've worked with a lot of great directors.

Carter Burwell

Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director, producer, and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.

Alan Cumming

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

We've seen our vehicle donation drop by over 40 percent this year, and it's all a direct result of the tax law change.

Catherine Hardwicke

The fact that men and women are nominated this year in films that women have directed is good for women filmmakers generally,

The fact a one-page paper has generated this level of discussion underscores the paucity of direct scientific information that exists on the effects of management intervention following natural disturbances.

D. B. Sweeney

The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

Jacques Chirac

The real blackmail is what Chirac has done. I am very disappointed that Chirac has influenced and directed the meeting.

Harmony Korine

When I'm directing films, I mostly try to create an environment on set that mimics what's in my mind as to the tone and feel of things. I try to create a place where you feel that anything's possible.

Mark Waters

When I'm directing actors, I often find myself slipping in sports metaphors, like: 'Don't go for the punch line here, just put it up on a T-ball stand so she can hit it out of the park.'

The P and O directors recommend unanimously the DP World revised offer and look forward to putting it to stockholders.

Scott Aukerman

I get inspired when I look at Tom Lennon, who did 'Reno 911!' for six seasons while writing huge movies and directing and also doing other pilots; he did that FX pilot, the 'Star Trek' thing.

Terry Zwigoff

For a long time, there was this rumor that I turned down doing 'Austin Powers,' which is not true. While they did send me the script, I don't think I was ever a serious consideration to direct it. I'm sure they probably sent it to 20 others as well.

Thomas Perez

When we lift the wage floor, it not only betters the lives of those whose wages are directly affected, it also lifts the economy as a whole.

Ricky Gervais

I see myself much more as a writer/director or at least an aspiring writer/director - not necessarily in film.