David Mackenzie Quotes

If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.

- Sam Mendes

Film director

· United Kingdom

• Shooting

You have Kurt [Cobain], and he’s singing about your experiences. They’re our collective experiences.

- Brett Morgen

Film director

• Collectives
• Singing

You can’t make a sculpture until you’ve got a lump of rock.

- Eran Creevy

Film director

· United Kingdom

• Rocks
• Sculpture

I’ve found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

- John Frankenheimer

Film director

· USA

• Directors
• Experts

It’s easy to direct while acting – there’s one less person to argue with.

- Roman Polanski

Film director

· France

• Arguing

When I felt like an outsider, movies made me feel inside my own skill set.

- Steven Spielberg

Film director

· USA

• Outsiders
• Skills

There is nothing so good as a burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.

- Alfred Hitchcock

Film director

· England

• Funny
• Sea
• Simple

The first must that any director has is to not force his public.

- Sergio Leone

Film director

· Italy

• Directors
• Force

Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.

- Jonathan Demme

Film director

• Beats
• Performances

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

- Vincente Minnelli

Film director

• Important