David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer. – Adam McKay
A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard. – Billy Wilder
It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my band. – Billy Eckstine
I consider myself more a European director who is from Iceland than an Icelandic director. – Baltasar Kormakur
I didn’t plan to be a director until I was 35. For years I wanted to do anything but! – Alexandra Cassavetes
I went to Cal Arts and AFI, and I worked on ‘Bonfire Of The Vanities.’ I got this grant from the Academy to be Brian De Palma’s apprentice director. And it was such a harrowing, disillusioning, awful experience. – Douglas Rushkoff
My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my friend, Aaron Director. – George Stigler
I doubted that there were Communists hiding behind every corporation desk and director’s chair. – Gloria Swanson
Any good director, and I’ve worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly. – Carmen Ejogo
I guess, as a director, you sort of take the script, and you find ways to interpret it. – Duncan Jones
I met my agent through a casting director here in Wilmington after I auditioned for a Disney movie. – Maddie Hasson
I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would. – Chris Lowell