Zeenat Aman Quotes

Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc.

You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.

When I was preparing for the film for tree weeks, with David Cronenberg, I had a lady friend come over.

I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

I'm an actor who appreciates direction.

As an actor, I just go off the director. I never ask how big the part is. I don't look at it from the perspective of, 'Is this going to be good for my career?' I just look for directors, and I think part of that is I knew I always wanted to be a director.

I am totally a director's actor.

I wonder if Louis Ferreira would be interested in directing.

Casting is a big deal.

I want to work with Sriram Raghavan, Imtiaz Ali, Karan Johar, and, of course, any other director who is offering a great role to play in a film.

I will continue to work with newbies as long as the script and the director are good.

I'm trying to avoid any more asshole roles, at least for a little bit. The main criteria for me when choosing a project is a good director. I just want to work with these guys that I admire because I do want to direct my own films one day, and I want to pick their brains to see what their process is like, and see what I can take from that.

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do something or not. The character is important to me, as is getting to work with people that I feel like I can learn from and make a great movie with.

He wasn't directing it, of course, so I didn't work with Hitchcock.

Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn is working in film.

He was an amazing - John McTiernan really was an incredible director, probably the best I've worked with because he constantly busted me when he wasn't getting what he wanted.

The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles.

Some people work very closely with a director or a producer on something, and from the get go, they're collaborating. But typically, it's just go in for an audition, do the best you can, and if the phone rings a couple of days after the audition and you get the part, that's great.

Tim Story is a fantastic director, and I'm so excited to get to work with him.

I can speak to actors in their terms. Knowing I was an actor, they relax. You can have the best shot in the world - but, at the center of it, you still need a good performance.

I really want to work with Hugh Jackman and also Steven Spielberg.

I only act in films where I've got an A-lister as my mentor.

An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls down. I adore working with actors.