List Of Direct Quotes

When I Was Very Young I Wanted To Be A Professional Horseback Rider. Then I Wanted To Be A Pop Singer. Then I Wanted To Be A Psychiatrist. Then I Wanted To Be A Movie Director.

Misdirection Is One Of My Strengths.

Sometimes The Directors Were Afraid Of What They Brought Out Of Me.

I Know There Were Things Emanating From Me. I Was Not Aware Of What Attracted All These Directors To Me.

I'd Like [santa Claus] To Give Wes Anderson, The Director, Enough Money In His Next Budget For An Aerial Shot - Just A Little Copter Shot. He Really Wanted This One Helicopter Shot, And Disney Wouldn't Give Him The Money. Just Wouldn't Give Him The Money. Every Day, He Was Talking To The Studio About This Helicopter Shot.

I Knew That's Where I Was Going. I Knew We Were Going To Italy. You Couldn't Make This Movie In America At This Price. I Knew It Was Going To Be Big. I Knew There Was Going To Be A Ship Involved And That There Was Going To Be A Set As Big As The Ship. I Thought, Well, Here We Go. But I Knew That Was Where He Was Headed. He Had Been Going This Way For Some Time. All Directors, Once They Have Some Success, They Want To Spend A Whole Heck Of A Lot Of Money. (something Else Can't Hear.)

I Went Without Health Insurance Until 'roger & Me,' Basically - From About Age 20 Till About Age 35. With 'roger & Me,' I Joined The Directors Guild And The Writers Guild, And Since Then I've Had Excellent Health Care Managed By The Union.

Every Film I've Ever Worked On, And That Includes 'braveheart' And 'trainspotting,' I've Always Witnessed A Director Having A Breakdown. Every Director Will Have A Day, Without Exception, Where They Just Can't Do It Anymore, They Don't Know What To Say To Their Cameraman, Their Cast. It's The Sign Of Real, Physical Exhaustion.

A Lot Of Actors Aren't Particularly Good Directors. And They're Not Particularly Good With Other Actors. That's Kind Of A Fallacy.

A Script Is Utterly Useless In And Of Itself; It's Only Of Any Worth The Minute Your Actors, Your Designers, Your Directors Come Into Being.

I Think Every Director Has A Different Take, Some Are Good, Some Are Bad. The Directors You Get On Best With Sometimes Don't Make The Best Films, So Who's To Say Who Is Right?

America's Corporate And Political Elites Now Form A Regime Of Their Own And They're Privatizing Democracy. All The Benefits - The Tax Cuts, Policies And Rewards Flow In One Direction: Up.