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The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

~D. B. Sweeney

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What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.

~D. B. Sweeney

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I was taking hitting clinics every chance I got. I really worked on it. It was just fun to be given that invitation from the director to make the baseball as good as we can.

~D. B. Sweeney

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I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.

~Dakota Fanning

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If you think you don't want to play another psychopath, but the script is amazing, and the director is fantastic, and the story is incredible, then you may end up playing your third psychopath in a row.

~Damian Lewis

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I suppose where I am sort of reflects the work I have chosen to do. Are there occasional frustrations because I can't work with a certain director because it's a big studio movie, and I don't have enough of a studio profile? The answer is yes. But generall... generally, I have the career I have chosen myself.

~Damian Lewis

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I love movies where you can sense that the director risked biting off more than they can chew.

~Damien Chazelle

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With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there's no editing, so there's something more natural about the arc a character follows in a play. I think theater is more an actor's medium, whereas film is more a director's medium, because that's who controls the final feel of the film.

~Dan Futterman

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I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.

~Dan Gilroy

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It's the reality: film is a director's medium, and, ultimately, they are the ones that are in charge, and you have to respect that because somebody has to be in charge. But, yeah, you do reach a point where you want to have your voice come out.

~Dan Gilroy

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