Casting is 65 percent of directing.

Quote by John Frankenheimer

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If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can...

If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can...

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors....

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors....

You have to really work with someone who you think is going to be a...

You have to really work with someone who you think is going to be a...

Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must...

Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must...

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job.

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job.

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s.

I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s.

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

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

If you don't cast well, you can be in real trouble.

If you don't cast well, you can be in real trouble.

There are so many effects and so many things that are done digitally now that...

There are so many effects and so many things that are done digitally now that...

Then I usually leave the choice of the second assistant director and any other assistant...

Then I usually leave the choice of the second assistant director and any other assistant...

A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or...

A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or...

I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do...

I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do...

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my...

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my...

I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to...

I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to...

But I really am very active in the choice of the line producer with the...

But I really am very active in the choice of the line producer with the...

It's very eclectic, the way one chooses subjects in the movie business, especially in the...

It's very eclectic, the way one chooses subjects in the movie business, especially in the...

The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is...

The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is...

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie...

I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie...