Famous quotes by Directors

"I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself"

Sam Mendes, Director

"For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie"

Sam Mendes, Director

"As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate"

Sam Mendes, Director

"All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate. My language to each of them has to suit their brain"

Sam Mendes, Director

"Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through"

Sam Mendes, Director

"You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters"

John Lasseter, Director

"We make the kind of movies we like to watch. I love to laugh. I love to be amazed by how beautiful it is. But I also love to be moved to tears. There's lots of heart in our films"

John Lasseter, Director

"There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them"

John Lasseter, Director

"Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking"

John Lasseter, Director

"Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them"

John Lasseter, Director

"Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium"

John Lasseter, Director

"In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family"

John Lasseter, Director

"If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story"

John Lasseter, Director

"I've got Disney blood running through my veins"

John Lasseter, Director

"I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career"

John Lasseter, Director

"I quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master of two art forms. Seriously, you have to be able to draw like a Leonardo da Vinci or a Michelangelo. But also you have to know movement and timing and control that through 24 frames a second!"

John Lasseter, Director

"I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films, and his theme park, and his characters, and his joy in entertaining"

John Lasseter, Director

"I believe in the nobility of entertaining people, and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives"

John Lasseter, Director

"Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We trust our process. We don't get scared and say, 'Oh, no, this film isn't working.'"

John Lasseter, Director

"Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice"

Zhang Yimou, Director

"I am a fan of wuxia"

Zhang Yimou, Director

"I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words for me is very personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words"

Tim Burton, Director

"I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies"

Tim Burton, Director

"Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work"

Ralph Bakshi, Director

"I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights"

Ralph Bakshi, Director

"As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks"

Ralph Bakshi, Director

"People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life"

Zhang Yimou, Director

"Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory"

Zhang Yimou, Director

"Jack Nicholson is a textbook actor who's very intuitive. He is absolutely brilliant at going as far as you can go, always pushing to the edge, but still making it seem real"

Tim Burton, Director

"You can't second-guess yourself as a filmmaker"

Ralph Bakshi, Director

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