Director Behavior Quotes

When I on set as a director I crazy. My temper is not that good.

I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.

Stanley Kubrick made Shelly Duvall go crazy during 'The Shining.' It's like one of the best performances ever. Maybe he shouldn't have gone that far, but I love that movie.

I have hardly ever worked with the same director twice. But when you have worked with a director before, you understand his behavior.

I think the best directors rarely lose their temper.

I still to this day maintain that in that million-and-a-half feet of film [Heaven's Gate] that we shot, we thought we were making a great American film. I honestly believe that Michael [Cimino] was under a tremendous amount of pressure, and Michael's response to pressure from what I saw was to double down and to get more aggressive and to get more kind of arrogant, but I don't think it was real. I think it was the response to pressure.

It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.

Gene Kelly was a little tough, and he used to yell at me on the set.

To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that.

Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach.

All directors on all sets behave slightly differently depending on what the scene is. For example, if you are doing a love scene, which is intimate then the director is likely to be intimate. If you are doing a scene where everyone is mucking around and laughing then the director is likely to start with that. If you are playing a scene which us incredibly heavy and everyone getting killed then there are probably not many laughs on the set.