I think that you can't make a movie without a script. But you also can't make movies without actors. You also can't make movies without technicians. And there has to be just one person in charge of everybody, and to me that one person is the director.
John FrankenheimerI've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.
John FrankenheimerA disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or in another office and that producer can edit behind the director's back much easier than in the old days. Since these dailies are now put on videotape, more kinds of people have access to dailies.
John FrankenheimerI feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.
John Frankenheimer