On every movie I've done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don't envy them, at all.
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To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and on to the seventh draft, whatever it takes. Then my job is to support the director to make the best movie we can. Some producers try to go past them, but my job is to support them.
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Fundamental Of Liar Chapter CXIX: Good Movie
For viewers, good movie is something that could bring them down to the rabbit hole
For critics, good movie is something that less could be attacked
For producers, good movie is something that could earn more money
For directors, good movie is something that could fulfill their crazy idea
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I think you've got to talk to the director, see the director's films and recognise that it's important that the work fits right in and see if as part of the movie.
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If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always.
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I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.
I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right.
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I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie.
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We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting.
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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.
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Real movie producers aren't this nice.
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The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. They're trying to do it through both frontal and side attacks.
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If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.
quote by Donald E. Westlake
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It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later.
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When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.
quote by Oliver Stone
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A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.
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Usually, I don't want to sit down and listen to the director gas on about his movie. I just can't actually imagine myself sitting down and having that much to say.
I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.
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Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment.
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If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
quote by Michael Caine
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In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum.
quote by John Carpenter
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