The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

Quote by John Frankenheimer

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Casting is 65 percent of directing.

Casting is 65 percent of directing.

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...

I really, really love directing films.

I really, really love directing films.

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

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.

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...

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 think that you can't make a movie without a script. But you also can't...

I think that you can't make a movie without a script. But you also can't...

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...

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

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

And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest...

And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest...

The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the...

The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the...

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...

There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb...

There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb...

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....

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...

To do that I try and keep myself in pretty good shape physically and I...

To do that I try and keep myself in pretty good shape physically and I...

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...

I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have...

I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have...