I think women have made progress in cinematography, contrary to women directors, who I think have regressed. There are many more women cinematographe….
There is a magic thing called 'tone' in a film, that the director must master and maintain..
Every time a director calls me and says, 'If you practice a lot in two months, can you be an American?' And I always tell them, 'Well, maybe but I'm ….
All I wanted to do was be a professional film director with a body of work, and you're going to make some good films, some bad and some indifferent. ….
I worked for a lot of directors..
If Quentin Tarantino is your writer-director then you're going to learn the words and your gonna learn why they're the words. You're gonna learn why ….
I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't have any conflict with ….
You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much..
I'm not one of those directors who can just kind of walk away from the edit room and come back and check in..
Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius..
I trust work, directors - I don't live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Oth….
Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part..
I stayed in Hamburg a few more days, and during that time I received a visit from Rolf Aldag, the sporting director at T-Mobile. He advised me to tel….
I have known Tarell Alvin McCraney for ten years but the involvement with Moonlight came more with Barry Jenkins, the director. He was a fan of the s….
You can't have a director say, "Just be you"; you have to have an aim. It's like when you throw darts, you have to know where the bullseye is. You ca….
If I had not been successful as a director, then I'm sure I would still be telling stories. I would have continued on 16mm or found a different mediu….
The challenge to me as a director was for the audience to see the film as going on in a straight line, so that they did not sense all of these break-….
Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so and say, Ok, that's it,….
After Star Trek, I was with the top agencies, but producers and directors did not know what to do with me..
Every director is so different from every other one..
Every film I've ever worked on, and that includes 'Braveheart' and 'Trainspotting,' I've always witnessed a director having a breakdown. Every direct….