Zitat des Tages über Großer Regisseur / Great Director:
Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.
When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
Larry Kasdan is a great director.
David Mamet we all know is a great screenplay writer and playwright and a great director. If you like him, you like him. If you hate him, you really hate him. He's someone who's into controversy, you know what I mean? That's David Mamet.
I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
I did this one movie with a great director named Wayne Kramer. It was 'Crossing Over,' and Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd and Ray Liotta were in it. I was one of the leads, and I thought this was it. It got shelved for two years, and then it was in theaters maybe a week. After that, I adopted a philosophy of, 'Hope for the best, expect the worst.'
As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy.
There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
Peter Jackson is a wonderful man. He's a great director. He's found his niche in life.
I don't want people saying, 'Should we get a female director?' I want to hear, 'Should we get a great director for this movie?'
The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.
Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing.
Yeah, I mean I've definitely had a bunch of action scripts sent to me, but again I'm a stickler for directors. If it's like an action flick with a great director then it's like 'Oh let's look at this thing,' but if it's just like a shoot-em'-up with a first time director. I don't know if that's the trajectory I want to take with what I'm doing.
A great director or leader knows his people, creates a great team, and then makes a great movie that can influence millions more than the readers of his column.
I was too dumb to know Opie was going to grow up to be a great Director, if so, boy, I would certainly have become his best friend.
I've definitely had a bunch of action scripts sent to me, but again I'm a stickler for directors. If it's, like, an action flick with a great director, then it's like, 'Oh let's look at this thing,' but if it's just like a shoot-em'-up with a first time director, I don't know if that's the trajectory I want to take with what I'm doing.
I'm not a great director or an auteur; I'm an ensemble director. I do think I can get wonderful performances out of actors.
I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a great director. He was a very charismatic character and a guy I watched a lot when he was directing.
Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.
It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies.
Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him.
It must have been fascinating for Bono to have Johnny Cash do a cover of his song, and hear how he translates the words that he has used. And it would be fascinating to see a great director do his take on my work.
If you have a script that's not great, if you have a great director, you can make a great movie, but if you have a great script with a director who's not good, never are you going to have a good movie.
Do you imagine Sergio Leone with a philosophy? Come on! He was a primitive of movies, a great director on set.
I think today there are too many directors taking themselves seriously; the only one capable of saying anything really new and interesting is Luis Bunuel. He's a very great director.
Warren Beatty is a great director. I wish Warren would direct another film right now, because I'd love to do another film with Warren. I think that 'Dick Tracy' is an outstanding film in its own right.
Classics stay alive because a great actor or a great director wants to do them.
A great director is someone who makes you feel like you're moving forward.