Kirsten Dunst Quotes

There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.

I've definitely become more aware and conscious of what directors I'm working with because it's so important. The director is really more than half the battle of the film. You really rely on that. That's become really, really important to me, for sure.

For me, the film-maker is more important than the story.

The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it's not just about their reputation, but I have to really believe in them.

Frank Miller is more of a visionary than any director I've ever worked with, and he achieves that vision better than anyone I've ever worked with.

The Weinsteins believe in test screenings. I don't. I don't think good films are made that way. Call me crazy, but I'd like to think you need a singular vision to make good art.

I definitely managed to do different kinds of things. My focus is usually who the director is, because at the end of the day the director is the storyteller, what the movie is all about. I don't want to participate in something that I don't think is constructive storytelling.

The great directors managed to dissolve and disappear into the work. They make other people look good.

An actor is only a part of the film, not the whole, and very often, he is moulded by the director. That is why a good director can make so much difference to a film.

As far as writing or directing a film, I've worked with enough people who have done that that I know it's just a whole other level of responsibility and chaos and murder that I could not see happening. For now, I'm just going to see what comes. I know what I like and what direction I have.

If I get a note on my script or my films, what I say to a studio executive is that, 'You know, this is the film of my legacy, and I never want to be sitting in a theater looking up on the screen and seeing something that I don't believe in.' I will never do that.

I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

When I did 'Stardust,' I was fighting the studio for things I believed were right.

I believe that the director is really the soul. It is a collaborative effort, but the director is the one who needs to have that vision. It could be a great script, but it starts from there. You need to have good material, at least, but if you don't have someone with vision, it's just words.

For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!

There is a director for a reason, because a director knows what's best for the movie. You just give your director as much as you can to work with, and hopefully, the decisions they make are going to be great.

A successful film begins by choosing a director whose creative vision will define the choices made by everyone involved in the film.

Films are a director's medium. We're all stemming from the director.

Yes, I do bring something of my own to the plate. But I strongly believe that a film is a director and writer's vision.

There's a heresy which is perpetuated by film school that to be a great director you have to write your own stuff.

I have the soul of a director.

As a filmmaker, the only way that I understand how to make a film is holistically.

I think the success of any movie is dependent upon it being a singular vision.