Famous Directors Quotes

#1. Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

Kenneth Anger

#2. She had told herself more than once not to call it loneliness, since it wasn't any different from one year to the next, it was just how her body felt, like hungry or tired, except it was always there, always the same.

Marilynne Robinson

#3. Oh, what the hell did I know? I went to the set the first day in full makeup and the director told me to take it off. So I did the film without makeup. I had nothing to do with anything I did. I never understood why I was so famous.

Ava Gardner

#4. I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say, 'Be born the son of a famous director. It's invaluable.'

Jason Reitman

#5. In a crazy world where he would get nominated, I'd like to see Obama run against Herman Cain. That would be fantastic. If Herman Cain became president, there'd be a certain sort of morbid curiosity for me.

Tim Heidecker

#6. If you've ever wondered why some writers who, in your humble opinion, don't write as well as you do yet are rich and famous while you struggle onward, this is the reason. They are great directors.

Larry Brooks

#7. Obviously there was Keith Haring and Robert Mapplethorpe, but Howard was on the brink of becoming a famous director - it didn't happen because he died.

Aaron Brookner

#8. And there was a very famous man called Michael Powell, who probably is the greatest director all round, except possibly a couple of men.

Patrick Macnee

#9. I haven't gotten jobs because I'm famous or I have a big Twitter feed - it's primarily directors. People employ me because I'm right for the part. But then, everybody needs a bit of luck, being in the right place at the right time. You just gotta be in that place for that opportunity to come by.

Jason Clarke

#10. One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Albert Schweitzer

#11. Be who you are and let everyone love that person.

Wiz Khalifa

#12. You cannot prove your worth by bylines and busyness.

Katelyn S. Bolds

#13. All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own importance.

Francois Truffaut

#14. I'm not a famous director yet, and I'm not into fame. I like to just work. As a director, as an actor, whatever people consider me is fine with me.

Tommy Wiseau