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Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor. Votes: 4
Directing is for pussies. Votes: 3
Eran Creevy
Directing is a tremendous art. Votes: 3
Directing takes a lot of time. Votes: 3
Directing is like putting together a collage. Votes: 3
Directing music videos is all about capturing images. Votes: 3
Directing a film is a lot of work. Votes: 3
Fred Durst
Directing can be very lonely and quite intimidating. Votes: 3
Directing at seven-and-a-half months pregnant was lots of fun. Votes: 3
Kim Fields
Directing, writing, producing and starring is just too tough. Votes: 3
Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting. Votes: 3
Directing a movie is serious, it's not a joke. Votes: 3
Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done. Votes: 3
Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films. Votes: 3
Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed. Votes: 3
Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous. Votes: 3
Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else. Votes: 3
Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. Votes: 3
Directing the mind to stay in the present can be a formidable task. Votes: 3
Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great! Votes: 3
Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership. Votes: 3
Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor. Votes: 3
Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language. Votes: 3
Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well. Votes: 3
Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do. Votes: 3
Directing is to fill anyone with a yearning to get back at ten o'clock next morning. Votes: 3
Tyrone Guthrie
Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right. Votes: 3
Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun. Votes: 3
Directing is something that I'd been wanting and hoping to do, as I've grown into myself. Votes: 3
Eric Balfour
Directing is very close to choreography; you deal with space, time, emotions, lighting, making beautiful images. Votes: 3
The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different. Votes: 3
Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint. Votes: 3
Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days. Votes: 3
Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right. Votes: 3
Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years. Votes: 3
Xander Berkeley
Besides acting which is my first love, I am also interested in behind the scenes.. Directing , writing and producing. Votes: 3
Josh Flitter
Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable. Votes: 3
Directing is about as visual as I get and I will leave artmaking to the rest of the family. Votes: 3
Directing for me is the ability to take the words from a page and share my vision with the world. Votes: 3
Denzel Whitaker
Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story. Votes: 3
Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama. Votes: 3
Directing offers you the hope that your vision will reach the screen, unmolested and intact. Therefore, it's tantalizing to all writers. Votes: 3
Jon Spaihts
Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor. Votes: 3
Martin Donovan
You always learn something about movies. Directing or acting, there's always something new. It's the technological thing; there's always something to learn. Votes: 3
Directing is more like you're being a psychologist and you're kind of analyzing the situation and evaluating each person for their idiosyncrasies. Votes: 3
Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it. Votes: 3
Directing is a huge amount of work with very little payoff, and a quarter of the money, and nine times more time spent. Votes: 3
Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision. Votes: 3
Directing is not on my agenda, but writing is. I want to write everything from action, superhero films to quiet dramas, smaller films. Votes: 3
Writing screenplays is incredibly hard. I can't call it joy. Writing Novels? Joy. Directing? Joy. Writing Screenplays? That's where you pay all your dues. Votes: 3
Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it. Votes: 3
Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself. Votes: 3
Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed. Votes: 3
Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that. Votes: 3
Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller. Votes: 3
Directing is like guitar playing. That's a unique mind-set and talent, unto itself. I like the idea of putting everything together to make a great movie. Votes: 3
Directing a movie is the greatest job in the world. I could not be more envious of the guys who get to do it all the time. Votes: 3
Directing remains very psychological, and it takes a lot of time and reflection. When you're an actor, it takes less time, and you can express yourself physically. Votes: 3
Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If I had to pay money to do it, I would do it... Directing is playing. Acting. Votes: 3
Directing the process by the mind can only lead to difficulty, for the mind does not know. Commitment to the Truth is sufficient for the process to unfold. Votes: 3
A. H. Almaas
Directing, I just feel comfortable. I know what I want. I know what I want from my crew. I lead by example. I have limitless energy as a director. Votes: 3
Ricky Schroder
Directing is one of my favourite things to do because I love telling stories and I love working with the individual artists and it's something that I really missed. Votes: 3
Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes. Votes: 3
Directing is like cooking, it's like cuisine. You cannot make a great dish with bad ingredients. I have great actors, and I'm putting them together. That's all I'm doing. Votes: 3
Louis Leterrier
Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers, but we are not directors in any numbers. Votes: 3
Lynda Obst
Directing was a natural thing for me. Actually, it was far less stressful directing than being the lead actor. I was able to have my input in all aspects of it. Votes: 3
I always wanted to direct. Directing is a lot more of a commitment though, a lot more time. I like directors who do very few takes, they know what they want. Votes: 3
Directing is such a crucial part of the writing process; you start directing and you see what does not work. "Oh, God, what was I thinking?" and then you can rearrange it. Votes: 3
Conor McPherson
Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is second, and acting is the most fun. Votes: 3
Directing, you have to put yourself in a certain state, it's all about the energy you have and the energy you transmit to people, to the actors, to the crew. It's peculiar. Votes: 3
Thomas Bidegain
Directing 'The Office' is kind of like someone going, 'Would you like to drive my Lamborghini?' And I'm like 'Yes, I would like to drive your Lamborghini. That sounds like fun.' Votes: 3
I believe I am a better director than actor. I enjoy acting if the part is right. Directing comes very naturally to me. I enjoy it. I am very confident in my work. Votes: 3
Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of my life and live with it from beginning to end! Votes: 3
I just don't want to make the same old movies. I'm not interested in it. Directing's hard. It takes up a lot of your life, and I'm not that interested in making the same old film. Votes: 3
Drew Goddard
It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff. Votes: 2
David R. Ellis
How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing? Votes: 2
The feeling of being interested can act as a kind of neurological signal, directing us to fruitful areas of inquiry. Votes: 2
I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting. Votes: 2
I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received. Votes: 2
You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing. Votes: 2
I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing. Votes: 2
The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room. Votes: 2
What I like most about directing is creating a world more so than anything. To me, the music is the wrapping paper on that world. Votes: 2
Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition. Votes: 2
Every mind which has given itself to self-expression in art is aware of a directing agency outside its conscious control which it has agreed to label 'inspiration'. Votes: 2
Norman Lindsay
Hibakusha' is an animated docu-drama that Choz Belen and I are directing, and it will take you through the earliest memories of a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor named Kaz Suyeishi. Votes: 2
Steve Nguyen
I had a certain career as an actor that I think was quite personal as well, and had a lot of integrity, but I wasn't writing my own things or directing my own movies. Votes: 2
One thing that everybody told me about directing was, 'Never compromise'. And the whole job is a compromise. So it's very paradoxical. How do you not compromise when the whole thing is about compromise? Votes: 2
I get inspired when I look at Tom Lennon, who did 'Reno 911!' for six seasons while writing huge movies and directing and also doing other pilots; he did that FX pilot, the 'Star Trek' thing. Votes: 2
I mean, the shoe - there is a music to it, there is attitude, there is sound, it's a movement. Clothes - it's a different story. There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping. Votes: 2
I never studied directing and I never really thought about doing it, and then I just found myself in that situation and tried it. I like to be observing everything else, and I get self-conscious in front of the camera. Votes: 2
I love the incredible variety of demands directing makes on you, from the entrepreneur to the hustler to the deal-maker to the writer; to directing actors and the camera and working with music, sound, marketing and promotion. It uses so many sides of your brain. Votes: 2
When Orson Welles was acting in 'Compulsion,' the director Richard Fleischer let him just take over and direct the courtroom scenes. To be able to see Welles - who knew more about directing than anyone - direct himself and the other actors, it was unbelievable and unforgettable. Votes: 2
I guess because I'm so young, I m not sure of what lies ahead for me. I'm more into going the route of producing and directing. I just made a little short film. I'm more excited about going the route of doing a Drew Barrymore or... what's the one from 'Star Wars?' Votes: 2
I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie. It's not the same form of expression as a talkie. The lack of sounds makes you participate in the storytelling. Votes: 2
Linux is a complex example of the wisdom of crowds. It's a good example in the sense that it shows you can set people to work in a decentralized way - that is, without anyone really directing their efforts in a particular direction - and still trust that they're going to come up with good answers. Votes: 2
I've always wanted to have the ability to do what I want to do. And there are so many things that I want to do because I love acting, I love directing, I love producing, I love being a mother, I love being a wife. If I had to choose one, just would put me in the crazy house. Votes: 2
I couldn't be 'Johnny' in front of a camera in acting jobs and behind the camera I like to be 'Michael.' With directing, you can't do it by halves. There's a lot of reflection, and I have found that I, as 'Michael,' thrive on it. It's lovely coming home and feeling that stuff from a day's work as myself. Votes: 2
Johnny Vegas
Directing a movie is a little bit like being back in student government and putting on the homecoming dance. You're like, 'You put up the streamers, and you hire the DJ, and you get the punch bowl.' Some people are just like, 'This dance sucks.' And you're like, 'No no, this dance is awesome!' You have to be really positive. Votes: 2
I'm addicted to directing! Votes: 0
Adam Shankman
Casting is 65 percent of directing. Votes: 0
I find directing more satisfying. Votes: 0
I really, really love directing films. Votes: 0
I intend to do more directing TV. Votes: 0
I do like directing other people's material. Votes: 0
I approach directing from an actor's standpoint. Votes: 0
Derek Magyar
I'm definitely moving more towards directing now. Votes: 0
I'd like to have a go at directing. Votes: 0
I feel like directing is an innate talent. Votes: 0
Eric McCormack is directing talent waiting to happen. Votes: 0
I can't imagine directing from someone else's script. Votes: 0
Tony Gilroy
Victor Hernandez, like an orchestral conductor directing his troops... Votes: 0
Jon Champion
The universe displays no proof of an all-directing mind. Votes: 0
I have no interest in writing, directing or producing. Votes: 0
Ted Shackelford
I came from a background of directing behind-the-scenes documentaries. Votes: 0
Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre. Votes: 0
Well, I'm directing a lot of television these days. Votes: 0
Joanna Kerns
But I didn't know much about directing a movie. Votes: 0
I feel like a lot of directing is casting. Votes: 0
I've done a little directing, but I love acting more. Votes: 0
Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing? Votes: 0
Writing and directing just sort of fell into my lap. Votes: 0
If I were directing a movie, it would scare me. Votes: 0
Try to produce your own films, avoid directing for hire. Votes: 0
The secret of directing is working with really good people. Votes: 0
I love directing - it's always so involving, so challenging. Votes: 0
The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes. Votes: 0
I'm interested in directing attention and focus, explored through playing cello. Votes: 0
I'm very interested in directing actors - many directors direct cameras. Votes: 0
Photography and painting, all of that fed into my directing eventually. Votes: 0
I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it. Votes: 0
When Cate Blanchett starts directing, it's over for all of us. Votes: 0
Being an actor started me writing, and that led to directing. Votes: 0
Chris Eigeman
I do love directing. It's probably my favorite thing that I do. Votes: 0
The hardest part about directing is getting everyone on the same page. Votes: 0
Spiritual power begins by directing animal power to other than egoistic ends. Votes: 0
One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct. Votes: 0
I like acting better than anything else, but, you know, directing's good. Votes: 0
Tommy Wiseau
You understand what good directing is, you can identify it pretty easily. Votes: 0
Scott Eastwood
I've been clawing my way to directing since I was a kid. Votes: 0
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts. Votes: 0
A typical day for me is I'm writing when I'm not directing. Votes: 0
Adam Rapp
Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. Votes: 0
I love writing. I think writing and directing go hand in hand. Votes: 0
David Labrava
The good thing about directing yourself is that you get over yourself. Votes: 0
John Slattery
Genndy [Tartakovsky] is so good at directing and so wonderful with animation. Votes: 0
More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting Votes: 0
The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts. Votes: 0
I don't see myself doing television, but I do see myself directing. Votes: 0
There is a different kind of vulnerability when a woman is directing Votes: 0
Insofar as I'm good at directing, it's because I've become a writer. Votes: 0
David Hare
Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven. Votes: 0
I don't think I'm great at acting. I think I'm great at directing. Votes: 0
I relieve myself from the rigours of directing by casting the movie correctly. Votes: 0
Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you. Votes: 0
I wish I could tell people what I'm directing next, but I can't. Votes: 0
I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing. Votes: 0
The art of photography is all about directing the attention of the viewer. Votes: 0
I know the force women can exert in directing the course of events. Votes: 0
Helen Gahagan Douglas
I'll be directing some more 'Private Practice' episodes when we wrap 'Caprica.' Votes: 0
I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature. Votes: 0
When God's leading and directing, you don't have to kick the doors open. Votes: 0
I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing. Votes: 0
Mackenzie Astin
I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write. Votes: 0
I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. Votes: 0
The tantric path involves taking the mind and directing it beyond the senses. Votes: 0
Frederick Lenz
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men. Votes: 0
I think the big evolutionary step for me is directing my own movies. Votes: 0
I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing Votes: 0
There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping. Votes: 0
I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing. Votes: 0
Illeana Douglas
I always love directing because it gives me a chance to be with everyone 24/7. Votes: 0
There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds. Votes: 0
Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing. Votes: 0
Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game. Votes: 0
I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing. Votes: 0
Thomas Haden Church
I love photography and art-directing is something that I really would enjoy to do. Votes: 0
I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself. Votes: 0
I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director. Votes: 0
I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years. Votes: 0
I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life. Votes: 0
To make what you have in your head, I think that's what directing is. Votes: 0
I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films. Votes: 0
I have felt the inspiration of the living God directing me in my labors. Votes: 0
Heber J. Grant
I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials. Votes: 0
I always say I want to eventually shift my career to directing and writing. Votes: 0
I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles. Votes: 0
Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women. Votes: 0
This directing thing just sort of fell my way and landed in my lap. Votes: 0
Acting is like playing, while directing is really fun, sort of like an orgy. Votes: 0
I love directing and that's where I'm headed. That's where my head is at. Votes: 0
I learned directing by editing because I saw all the mistakes I had made. Votes: 0
People thought I was dead. But I wasn't. I was just directing The A-Team. Votes: 0
I miss directing. I see stories in images and music more so than in dialogue. Votes: 0
I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting. Votes: 0
I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody. Votes: 0
Noah Baumbach
I enjoy doing my more intimate and less commercial pictures and also I enjoy directing. Votes: 0
It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing. Votes: 0
What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship. Votes: 0
Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie. Votes: 0
Roland Joffe
I'm not retired, I will continue directing films and doing fight choreography. I won't stop. Votes: 0
A thousand policemen directing traffic cannot tell you why you come or where you go. Votes: 0
Drumming is like film directing. You build a framework for everyone to create something together. Votes: 0
James Genn
I love directing. It's where my heart is, and it's the way my mind works. Votes: 0
I don't want to say I'm never going to direct again, but directing's hard work. Votes: 0
I love learning on the set. But, directing is not something I want to do. Votes: 0
Art is manipulation, the management of material, the directing of fate... Who does that directing? Votes: 0
Eric Maisel
We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life. Votes: 0
They (food companies) are putting $36 billion into directing those choices. And their methods are very effective. Votes: 0
Marion Nestle
I would say that working with Ridley Scott makes the process of directing much more terrifying. Votes: 0
And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen. Votes: 0
Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject. Votes: 0
I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge. Votes: 0
I was already sort of mixing my science physics enthusiasm with entertainment and directing and puppetry. Votes: 0
Brian Henson
When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process. Votes: 0
Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life. Votes: 0
Nicholas Jarecki
My directing style has changed over the years. I allow things to breathe a lot more. Votes: 0
Scott Ellis
I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing. Votes: 0
First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode. Votes: 0
I think one day I want to be on the other side of the camera-maybe directing Votes: 0
Part of Washington keeping its promises is a focus on directing more dollars into our local classrooms. Votes: 0
Mark Kennedy
It's such a strange combination that I'd be unhappy to make anything like that without Landis directing. Votes: 0
I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing. Votes: 0
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. Votes: 0
Actually I have to say when I'm acting, I try not to think about directing at all. Votes: 0
Renee O'Connor
James Franco, acting, teaching, directing, writing, producing, photography, soundtracks, editing "" is there anything you can do? Votes: 0
Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me. Votes: 0
A year after winning the Oscar, almost to the day, I was directing a dog food commercial. Votes: 0
I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor. Votes: 0
It's like being the general of an army [directing a film]. You send people out to die. Votes: 0
I always like to think of the audience when I am directing. Because I am the audience. Votes: 0
I am starting to explore directing, maybe in the future in the world of 'White Collar.' Votes: 0
I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects. Votes: 0
I enjoy directing. I don't know whether it's improving or not, but it's certainly evolving in different directions. Votes: 0
My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working Votes: 0
Whether I'm acting, writing, or directing, I want to tell the truth about human beings, especially my folk. Votes: 0
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
I love writing and directing because it's great therapy. Every project I've done, there's been a personal connection. Votes: 0
I screen tested for Training Day many years ago, which was David Ayer's script with Antoine Fuqua directing. Votes: 0
I always loved theater and acting in plays and directing, writing little plays and directing friends in plays. Votes: 0
Luckily, I've never been offered a directing job that was lucrative. I've never heard, "Here's $800,000 to remake Sisters." Votes: 0
Lloyd Kaufman
Politics can be a factor neither in shaping Islam nor directing Muslims' acts and attitudes in Islam's name. Votes: 0
Fethullah Gulen
Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves. Votes: 0
Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money. Votes: 0
It's always fun to do action and explosion, but I really enjoyed directing the emotion of the actors. Votes: 0
Roel Reine
Purpose creates a belief in a higher power, directing you toward your goal on the best path possible. Votes: 0
Lawren Leo
Even when I'm not directing, that doesn't stop Owen from having ideas for what I should be doing. Votes: 0
I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally. Votes: 0
Writing is a creative art form and the acting and directing is more of an interpretive art form. Votes: 0
When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot. Votes: 0
We need to be fearful of companies that get so big that they can actually be directing policy. Votes: 0
When I'm directing I'm working from 100% of my brain, but when I'm acting I'm working from my heart. Votes: 0
Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place. Votes: 0
I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines. Votes: 0
Chris Lowell
The whole chameleon thing about acting. That's why I'm moving towards directing - it's a much more healthy occupation. Votes: 0
Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism...the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young. Votes: 0
Henry Seidel Canby
Beliefs help us tap the richest resources deep within us, creating & directing these resources to support our desired outcome Votes: 0
I really enjoy directing television because you get to work in so many different genres and with different people. Votes: 0
A firm is successful when the costs of directing employee effort are lower than the potential gain from directing. Votes: 0
If you are not consciously directing your life, you will lose your footing and circumstances will decide for you. Votes: 0
Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best. Votes: 0
I think the challenges that come with the responsibility of art directing something is something that appeals to me. Votes: 0
Television is kind of restrictive in its directing, but it would be nice to get some chops doing TV. Votes: 0
Thomas Jane
The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life. Votes: 0
Schools should take an active part in directing social change, and share in the construction of a new social order Votes: 0
If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job. Votes: 0
I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is. Votes: 0
Real people are what fascinates me, whether it's from an acting point of view or a directing point of view. Votes: 0
Paul Blackthorne
For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was. Votes: 0
My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs. Votes: 0
The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life, Votes: 0
Photographers direct the eye toward a particular object. We who write, one hopes, are directing the heart and the soul. Votes: 0
The horror genre has been for me an original way of taking an explicit visual and visionary approach to directing. Votes: 0
The dynamics of film directing and fashion design - in the ways that I've done it - were not dissimilar. Votes: 0
Things may not be logical or fair, but when God is directing the events of our lives, they are right. Votes: 0
Luci Swindoll
Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man. Votes: 0
Thomas Tredgold
I was the first woman to win a Tony for directing, but the second woman came along five minutes later. Votes: 0
Garry Hynes
I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing. Votes: 0
Because I've always been more afraid of writing than I have of doing anything visually such as directing or acting. Votes: 0
I don't find acting and directing schizophrenic in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two. Votes: 0
The prospect of being able to work on a Kaufman film with him directing was just too good to be true. Votes: 0
And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing. Votes: 0
Whether it's acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life. Votes: 0
Throughout whatever I do, I always just say "Director" first. I am directing the storylines and I'm creating what it is. Votes: 0
I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process. Votes: 0
Danny Strong
Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing. Votes: 0
Shunryu Suzuki
The great, rewarding thing about directing is that you're overseeing the whole thing. When you're an actor, you're just one department. Votes: 0
(Sometimes when) someone's directing for the first time, they're afraid to include everyone - they have to prove they're the director. Votes: 0
People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film. Votes: 0
I don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different. Votes: 0
I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful. Votes: 0
I could feel the real interaction between directing and acting, when an actor or an actress really suggests very interesting things. Votes: 0
Alejandro Amenabar
Whether I'm telling stories in songs or if directing is the next step, being a storyteller is what I like doing. Votes: 0
I love directing scenes that I'm not in because suddenly I really feel like a filmmaker which is a different thing. Votes: 0
I love that when you're writing your mind is sort of figuring things out on its own, without you directing it. Votes: 0
With directing, you have to know what you're doing, but you have to actually be able to control what's going on. Votes: 0
Joe Hahn
What really helps a guy to become an action hero today is the directing of the movie. All those fast cuts. Votes: 0
I usually don't like to talk about money, but I talk about the movie, and the other aspects of directing, etc. Votes: 0
I think now I'm just excited to continue directing and find stories that inspire me and bring those to the screen. Votes: 0
I was already interested in directing when I was very young. I knew that was something I was going to be doing. Votes: 0
I'm really lucky because I surround myself onset with people who I really trust to give me feedback, so I'm directing myself. Votes: 0
I feel responsible for everybody, and I couldn't imagine a scenario where I wouldn't be directing what was happening, at the end. Votes: 0
Greg Daniels
Faith is a re-directing of our sight, a getting out of the focus of our own vision and getting God into focus. Votes: 0
In the formative days of the Republic, the directing influence the Bible exercised upon the fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident... Votes: 0
I truly enjoy directing. I enjoy looking at the words on the paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. Votes: 0
It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors. Votes: 0
I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set. Votes: 0
When I audition for something, I don't even want to think about who the other actors are in it, who's directing it. Votes: 0
I attend film school, my background is acting and directing. But the acting does best, I like to work on the stage. Votes: 0
I started directing out of necessity, the first play I wrote in college because I didn't know anyone who could direct it. Votes: 0
Sometimes good television doesn't depend on money, it depends on imagination and good people directing, casting and doing the job with talented people. Votes: 0
Elisabeth Sladen
I'm in love with the entire industry and every aspect of performing and directing, even writing, and I love working with acting students. Votes: 0
John Callen
I learned that I enjoy directing a lot more than I enjoy writing, which is interesting, because writing is lonely and infamous basically. Votes: 0
Dan Mazer
Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else. Votes: 0
Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished. Votes: 0
I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part. Votes: 0
Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open. Votes: 0
When you're directing, I feel like I'm playing all the parts, without the make-up. I really get into the heads of the characters. Votes: 0
Griffin Dunne
I love movie-making. I'm interested in writing and directing, and I've dabbled, but I haven't done anything I care to brag about. Yet. Votes: 0
Often people going into directing want to learn as much as they possibly can about "technique." And I say the hell with that. Votes: 0
I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better. Votes: 0
I've always had an easy time directing actors because I always hire ones that are great before I get my hands on them. Votes: 0
It's a treat and daunting to be directing someone like Judi Dench, who's made more films than I'll ever make in my lifetime. Votes: 0
After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work. Votes: 0
Jordi Molla
I love acting and will take all the time to continue to act. But sometimes I'd like to try my hand at directing. Votes: 0
Jordan Gavaris
Very rarely are we directing or cutting someone elses boards. We concept, direct, shoot, animate and edit almost everything that comes through here. Votes: 0
I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working. Votes: 0
The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. Votes: 0
My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot. Votes: 0
Geoffrey S. Fletcher
I'd like to do what I see in my head. I always feel like I'm directing with one hand tied behind my back. Votes: 0
I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people. Votes: 0
I have considered the directing, actually. Not so much the writing. That is not really interesting, but the directing is really interesting to me. Votes: 0
Timothy Omundson
I think, obviously, everyone has a lot of favorite movies, but I really for some reason just love Quentin Tarantino's writing and directing style. Votes: 0
Dude, writing, acting and directing are such easy jobs. But to do them all as awesomely as Zach Braff does, well that... that's something. Votes: 0
I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential. Votes: 0
When you are a filmmaker, you need to be rooted, because committing yourself to producing or directing a film is a good three-year process. Votes: 0
Those engaged in directing the actions of others are always in danger of overlooking the importance of the sequential development of those they direct. Votes: 0
Manchester Youth theater, then the National Student Theater Company, and later, my degree course, all helped form my love of telling stories and directing. Votes: 0
Justin Chadwick
I make my living doing freelance directing for North American television shot in Toronto, series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone, and so forth. Votes: 0
I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in. Votes: 0
An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing? Votes: 0
When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director. Votes: 0
I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies. Votes: 0
I don't necessarily recommend directing your husband or wife in a film, but if you have to do it, you have to do it. Votes: 0
Scott Foley
Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing. Votes: 0
I directed three films and each time [I act] I hope it's the last time so I have time to do my film [directing]. Votes: 0
I only want to write. I don't care about directing really. I've tried it and it was fun, but it's not like I have to. Votes: 0
I think I have much more appreciation for directing and movies overall versus a performance or an actor. Their body of work is more interesting. Votes: 0
I seem to gravitate toward the dark side of things when it comes to directing. I love action, but I love the drama as well. Votes: 0
I have great people surrounding me and helping me out. I'm totally in love with directing movies and I hope to do more of it. Votes: 0
When I'm directing, I can look at something that I wrote and say, "This doesn't make sense." There's a lot more intuition and gut involved. Votes: 0
My directing style is long takes. The longer take I can do, the more I can think of not doing it in cuts, the better. Votes: 0
Perhaps the greatest role of parenting, more than directing and telling children what to do, [is] helping [children] connect with their own gifts, particularly conscience. Votes: 0
Sean Penn, for his acting as well as his writing and directing. There are so many actors I respect, but his reach is so wide. Votes: 0
Boyd Holbrook
I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together. Votes: 0
Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business. Votes: 0
S. Truett Cathy
People ask me about that all the time. They say, "Did you ever think of directing?" And I say, "It's completely out of the question." Votes: 0
I don't like directing that much to want a career as a director for hire. I like to have as much creative control as possible. Votes: 0
Writing has made me a better actor. Acting has made me a better writer. So why wouldn't directing make me a better actor and writer? Votes: 0
Instead of your ego directing you and making countless mistakes, allow yourself to be guided by the invisible principles of the universe within your action. Votes: 0
One of the best things about directing movies, as opposed to merely writing them, is that there's no confusion about who's to blame: You are. Votes: 0
I'm going to put that on my gravestone. "He created such a category of unwanted pop culture - - Famous for directing unwanted cultural references" Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
I will be calmly active, actively calm. I am a prince of peace, sitting on the throne of poise, directing the kingdom of my activity. Votes: 0
I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film. Votes: 0
Peter Hedges
I pretty much know that directing means that you have to answer about a thousand questions every day and you have to answer them quick. Votes: 0
I enjoy co-directing or even being there just for support because you get to see your script come to aural life in front of you. Votes: 0
Rhianna Pratchett
The difference between directing film and directing television is so stark simply because TV is a living breathing organism already when you direct an episode. Votes: 0
I'm so grateful to be living doing what I love. Whether it's acting in Films or TV shows or writing and directing my own projects. Votes: 0
Kyle Cassie
Magic is all about directing attention. If I didn't want you to look at my right hand then I don't look at it. Votes: 0
Keith Barry
I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories. Votes: 0
Leadership is the process of motivating, mobilizing, resourcing, and directing people to passionately and strategically pursue a vision from God that a group jointly embraces. Votes: 0
Exalt your passion by directing and settling it upon an object the due con-templation of whose loveliness may cure perfectly all hurts received from mortal beauty. Votes: 0
When not writing and directing, my bread and butter comes from acting and stunt work. I've been fortunate enough to be part of some amazing productions. Votes: 0
Mike Mayhall
I'm no Kenneth Branagh or Ben Stiller. I'm not that single-minded, 'I'm producing it, directing it, and starring in it' kind of person; that's not me. Votes: 0
As filmmakers, you're not working on just one project, you're producing something, directing something, shooting something, and so it becomes hard to do it by yourself. Votes: 0
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Our father in heaven governs the affairs of men by placing specific individuals upon the earth to lead at specific times and inspiring and directing them. Votes: 0
Harold B. Lee
I'm directing the Sky show. I'm not going to be in it. I'm just writing and directing it. So that'll satisfy that part of my brain. Votes: 0
Even after forty years of directing, shooting and editing films, when I collaborate with a male partner, people still perceive the man as the primary filmmaker. Votes: 0
Chris Hegedus
I'm 64 years old, and I've been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, 'Hmmm, it may be interesting to start directing.' Votes: 0
TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories. Votes: 0
It is not for man to follow the trail of truth too far, since by so doing he entirely loses the directing compass of his mind. Votes: 0
The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again. Votes: 0
I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it's all just because I love the visual aspect of it as well. Votes: 0
For me, to be perfectly honest, the part of my brain that was stimulated by directing was much more exciting than a typical day of acting. Votes: 0
I love writing, directing and photography; if I could figure out a way to put the three things together, that's what I would love to do. Votes: 0
I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all. Votes: 0
Vikram Rohit Shetty
Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly. Votes: 0
The experience of directing yourself in a sex scene is, in a way, great. It's the fantasy we all have in our lives all the time. Votes: 0
I can't sit on my bum very long in a movie theater seat, and when I'm directing, I always want to move the camera or edit. Votes: 0
For me, directing is like writing with meat. I can write live, in real time, and change things and be confident that I'm helping the movie. Votes: 0
I spent several years in the film finance business, but I returned to what I loved most about the industry - actual filmmaking, producing, writing and directing. Votes: 0
Gabriel Campisi
I always want to be telling stories in whatever fashion I can, and directing is really just understanding and learning a different element of that storytelling process. Votes: 0
I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features. Votes: 0
Tamra Davis
Because of the way the business is structured, I have sometimes turned down scripts that I might otherwise have accepted had I known who was directing them. Votes: 0
I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing is to me. Votes: 0
As an actor, if you want to while shooting, you can run back to your trailer and take a nap. But you cannot do that while directing. Votes: 0
Rowan Joffe is very specific. I mean, he wrote it as well and he has a very orderly writer's mind and the same applies to his directing. Votes: 0
With episodic, kind of one-hour directing, they always have guest directors come in, so they don't have the same person week after week. You get a break. Votes: 0
Melanie Mayron
A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that, things have to feel natural. Votes: 0
I'm very conscious of the fact the directing career has taken some odd turns. Maybe there's enough bulk where I'm now pigeonholed in the 'eclectic box.' Votes: 0
My hands are already full writing and directing, because that's a full time job. Actually, that's why I don't produce as well, as there's already enough producers. Votes: 0
David Twohy
The writing, acting and the directing all complement each other and make each other better. It's one of those amazing instances where everything seems to come together. Votes: 0
Alex Gansa
Honestly, as you can imagine, it really isn't all that fun directing yourself, running back and forth to the monitors to see if you're terrible or not. Votes: 0
The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do. Votes: 0
I was always looking for a career that could combine my creative interests with my technical side, and it ends up directing films is the perfect combination. Votes: 0
I have a staff of 12 people, so it's easy for them to handle all the management and the day to day at the company while I'm directing. Votes: 0
Chris Stokes
I want to stop directing so many of resources to the military budget and focus them here at home. I believe government should invest in public infrastructure. Votes: 0
Cynthia Dill
Jesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world. Votes: 0
I've always been interested in directing. I started acting when I was thirteen years old, so I've had some desire to do something else in my life. Votes: 0
TV directing is fine because you can come in and do a TV show in a relatively short period of time, and that can pay the bills. Votes: 0
John Polson
I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking. Votes: 0
I have absolutely no skill set that would suggest that I would be able to do directing. If I were able to, I'd like to get into that. Votes: 0
I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love with writing and directing. Votes: 0
Shane Carruth
As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining. Votes: 0
Fede Alvarez
I love being creative. I love acting, but I also love directing because you get to have a vision for the whole and bring that vision to fruition. Votes: 0
Juliet Landau
I've been playing the Wolfenstein games since I was a kid, and feel that their outlandish sensibility has deeply influenced my own writing and directing throughout my career. Votes: 0
Roger Avary
Black people have been killed for directing their gaze at the wrong person. I want my subjects to reclaim their right to look, to see, to be seen. Votes: 0
The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two. Votes: 0
It seems to me that we spend an inordinate amount of time and attention on fixing ourselves when we could really be directing that out to serving others, Votes: 0
My directing is really weird. Everything is based on whether it's working or not. I don't try to fix something if it's not working, I'll just change it. Votes: 0
Joe Swanberg
I'm just ah, actually developing a tv show for HBO, and I'm directing a film this summer, and actually I'm doing some live shows out in western Canada. Votes: 0
The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head and make them real. Votes: 0
I love directing because you get to see your film come to life. You get to work with the actors. There's something magical about each piece of it. Votes: 0
Dee Rees
I love the freedom of writing and then I love the realization of directing. I can't favor one or the other. I enjoy both parts of the process. Votes: 0
Visualize a sphere, a dome of red energy surrounding you. Feel that you are consciously directing energy from the center of your body, in the area of your naval. Votes: 0
I was always directing; even back when I started on stage. I was always throwing out ideas. I just love creating stories and for some reason people would listen. Votes: 0
Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing. Votes: 0
Morris Chestnut
On 'Taxi,' I had the great fortune of directing many wonderful episodes, none more classic than Reverend Jim's driving test. It was maybe the funniest show I did. Votes: 0
I started off as a director, so when I see other actors directing, it gives me hope that maybe they'll put me into that position at some point, too. Votes: 0
Niall Matter
The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as a director, to understand that. Votes: 0
I've had some success at writing and directing, and I like it. It's infinitely more creative than just acting, and I have things I want to say and do. Votes: 0
I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am somewhat well-versed in African Studies. Votes: 0
Writing a novel is a lot like directing a movie because you are creating a world and a tone, you are creating a large canvas and all the details. Votes: 0
I have so many other interests: Writing, acting, directing, real life, I need little pieces of it all to satisfy me. The thirst is deep and I am complicated. Votes: 0
I love doing different things where, for a little while, I can focus on standup then sketch writing, then performing, then directing a video. That, to me, is stimulating. Votes: 0
Kyle Dunnigan
I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell. Votes: 0
But even a kid, directing was something that I did. I made short films in school. I feel like I've been in the best film school in the world. Votes: 0
I would consider directing. I think directing myself would be tough, but I'm definitely interested in directing. I might start off directing a play before I move to a film. Votes: 0
The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at the expense of the enemy territory. Votes: 0
I wanted to express myself more fully through writing and directing. It just feels like a package deal. Anytime you create anything, you try to exert mastery over your world. Votes: 0
I was never nervous directing. Not once. I'm more nervous acting. I'm far more nervous on set, before I say my lines, than I ever have been, as a director. Votes: 0
I did a film many years ago called The Man Without A Face.Gaby [Hoffmann] was in with Mel Gibson. That was his directing debut. He did a great job. Votes: 0
Richard Masur
If I'm going to take my clothes off I figured I might as well do it for something that I'm directing myself since I had complete control of the edit. Votes: 0
I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script the night before shooting started. Votes: 0
I think the things that I enjoy most about directing theater, or works that are really visceral in terms of comedy and have a sort of rock and roll aesthetic. Votes: 0
Alex Timbers
Yet, analytical truth is not as mysterious, or as secret, so as to not allow us to see that people with a talent for directing consciences see truth rise spontaneously. Votes: 0
I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can Votes: 0
Terrence Howard
The planes of light exist. Yoga is a method of unifying the energies of the body, the mind, and the spirit and directing them towards infinity, the planes of light. Votes: 0
You know, episodic TV directing is a very long and arduous job. You have very short schedules, short short shooting days, and you have to get lot of pages done. Votes: 0
Katey Sagal
I teach film directing, inasmuch as you can. Its not really possible to teach film direction, but I sit there as a sort of testimony of experience and know-how, I suppose. Votes: 0
Stephen Frears
I teach film directing, inasmuch as you can. It's not really possible to teach film direction, but I sit there as a sort of testimony of experience and know-how, I suppose. Votes: 0
To the extent to which a man is rational, life is the premise directing his actions. To the extent to which he is irrational, the premise directing his actions is death. Votes: 0
Strong leadership demands more than the willingness to use force. It means directing the use of the right tools at the right time for the right purpose and the right cause. Votes: 0
John F. Kerry
I'm a Mac user. I think it depends on how you were brought up, and I was introduced to Apple quite early. They're certainly the best for visual stuff and film-directing. Votes: 0
I hope always to be busy, even if only directing an orchestra in the pit. However, I should prefer to produce movies or be the directing head of a radio corporation. Votes: 0
I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet. Votes: 0
If you're directing, it doesn't really matter any more if it's going straight to TV - what matters is whether you have the resources to make a story that moves you. Votes: 0
When I do a still picture, I'm doing it all by myself with no help. I'm designing everything. I am my own art director. I'm doing everything. I'm directing, editing, whatever. Votes: 0
Vilmos Zsigmond
I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel. Votes: 0
I act here and there but you have to commit so far out in advance when you're directing that you - I'm kind of booked six months out, so it's hard. Votes: 0
The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began to write screenplays when I was in my 20's. Votes: 0
I would love to try my hand at directing and even producing in some kind of way. Something about that intrigues me, but for directing I could completely see myself trying. Votes: 0
Emayatzy E. Corinealdi
I learned a lot, in terms of inspiring people. It became very clear to me, very early on, that directing a movie was a lot like being in a theater company. Votes: 0
I make something I can look at and say, "That's a good piece of work, and there's some terrific directing and acting in it, and you should be proud of it." Votes: 0
I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process. Votes: 0
Why not directing? There's no big mystery about it. It's – well, it's just having a point of view and – and a certain amount of selection and taste. Votes: 0
I had worked in this New York theatre company for my first eight or nine years out of college, acting and directing there, and I'd begun to write a little bit. Votes: 0
I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me. Votes: 0
Evita' obviously would always be very special to me because it was the first major musical that I did on stage and created in the U.K. with Hal Prince directing. Votes: 0
When you're directing, you're right at the coal face, always exhausted, often emotional - and I'll enjoy being a couple of steps back from that and simply helping where I can. Votes: 0
'Evita' obviously would always be very special to me because it was the first major musical that I did on stage and created in the U.K. with Hal Prince directing. Votes: 0
I'm pretty focused on what I do. I think directing is a very specific talent, and I'm not real big on putting puzzles together, which is basically what a film is. Votes: 0
Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for me is if I feel a director hasn't noticed. Votes: 0
I do love directing. I'm only comfortable working in the independent film arena for a very small budget where I have creative control and I can put my stamp on it. Votes: 0
When I went to Sundance for 'Afternoon Delight,' I came back feeling like I wanted to take my experience that I learned from directing and bring that into a series. Votes: 0
Jill Soloway
So, if you haven't picked up some tips during an apprenticeship like that, you shouldn't be directing. It doesn't mean you can do it, but it loads you up with information. Votes: 0
When your footsteps and thoughts carry you down the same path your heart and soul are directing you, you will know without a doubt that you are headed in the right direction. Votes: 0
Molly Friedenfeld
I'm focusing on my efforts behind the camera. I'm doing some producing and directing so that I can make projects for all of the amazing, talented actors and crew that I know. Votes: 0
Jonathan Keltz
One of the hardest things about directing is just to be patient and remind yourself that you've been in Week 1 of a rehearsal process yourself, and you know what it feels like. Votes: 0
Laurie Metcalf
I'm more lost when I'm not on tour. I'm in a bit of a muddle at nine o'clock - 'Where's the stage?' On tour, there are people directing and supervising you. Votes: 0
There are a lot of male directors who are directing female-driven pieces. I think that its good to get the girl's point of view and they should write stuff that they know. Votes: 0
Jerusha Hess
If I have things my way, over the next few years, I'm going to be doing a lot more directing and a lot less acting. That will be fun for a while. Votes: 0
The hardest part of directing is the choosing. Unlike an actor who can do a variety of work, it is a year of your life, you can't afford to get it wrong. Votes: 0
I have no interest whatsoever in pursuing acting or becoming a mogul. I love writing and directing; I see those two jobs as the most critical in the making of a film. Votes: 0
It's a lot of work that goes into producing and directing and all those kinds of things. It doesn't just happen. It's a lotta work. It's a lot more work than acting. Votes: 0
I think once we started directing separately - we each have different kinds of interests now, and the kinds of movies we want to do. I wouldn't hold your breath for that one. Votes: 0
Normally when people ask me what I do I say I'm an actor, and that's what I always wanted to be and that's the way I approach work even when I'm directing it. Votes: 0
Simon McBurney
I do not know if it is true that all actors want to direct and all directors want to act, but in 1972 I tried directing and decided I had better stick to acting. Votes: 0
This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want. Votes: 0
I directed a half hour comedy pilot, 'Upgrade,' and had one of the best times ever! I had such a great time directing; I would love to get to direct another project. Votes: 0
Daniella Alonso
The idea of directing a film is a strange one for me. I feel anti-mathematical, in a way, in that sense. I don't like when things make sense. I prefer if they don't. Votes: 0
Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself. Votes: 0
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd had before. I thought I'd just try writing, and maybe start directing, but I did it very quietly. Votes: 0
So I wanted to explore all points of view of that, not just the girl's but his point of view as well. Only by directing it could I explore all the points of view. Votes: 0
I think, to Chelsea's [Handler] point, I still need directing because sometimes I go a little bit off beat in a way that it's like, rein it in. I welcome that kind of support. Votes: 0
Anger is a fuel. You need fuel to launch a rocket. But if all you have is fuel without any complex internal mechanism directing it, you don't have a rocket. You have a bomb Votes: 0
Stanley Bing
I was into writing and directing. I was a bit of a reluctant actor. I would always ask friends to shoot or direct their movies, but then they'd want me to be in them. Votes: 0
I am not the leader; I am a representative of the leader. The leader is the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, whom we believe is very much alive, and is directing me from where he is. Votes: 0
Louis Farrakhan
I hope to be acting until I'm playing the role of Grandma, and I'd like to branch out in film - producing, directing, all of it. I'll sleep when no one wants to hire me! Votes: 0
I want to do wardrobe. I want to do hair. I want to do makeup. I want to do writing. I want to do directing. I want to do all of it. I like it. And I want to do producing.
For me the dream is the freedom to make all the crazy ideas I have in my head into movies. I truly love directing and I think it is a privilege to have this as an occupation.
Nicholas Ozeki
I look at the script first and who's directing it and then talk to the director to find out what his vision of the movie is and if it matches my vision and then we go after it.
I'm sent a script. I read the script. If I love it, I want to do it. And that's it I don't care who's in it, how much money is behind it, really to an extent who's directing it.
I do have aspirations when it comes to directing, I suppose, but in a sort of a vague way. It would probably come about if I found a project that I really felt passionate about.
I think it's cool when Scorsese will pop up in a movie or something like that. I never want to make a career out of that or anything. I like directing. That's my favorite thing.
Jody Hill
...the circumstances and the atmosphere always have so much to do in directing a conversation, especially a German conversation, which is only a kind of an insurrection, anyway.
The first film I directed (Explicit Ills), I did when I was like 27 years old. I had been an actor for a certain amount of time, and then I was like, "I want to start directing."
But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice beautiful material on the altar of my direction.
If you make the right choice in casting, your work is nearly done already. You don't have to spend a lot of time directing the actors, because they're so well suited to the parts.
It's a very stressful thing, directing a movie. You have the budget, you have the schedule, you are in certain confines, and you have everybody giving you advice about what to do.
I can't imagine any director directing a screenplay of mine, because the great directors all have very personal styles, and the ones that don't are not very interesting directors.
Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.
He [Charles II] was utterly without ambition. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone the trouble of really directing the administration.
Thomas B. Macaulay
My first pilot gig, in fact my first job in television, was 'Freaks and Geeks,' and the experience of directing that pilot was probably the single most formative of my directing life.
Education is the constraining and directing of youth towards that right reason, which the law affirms, and which the experience of the best of our elders has agreed to be truly right.
I've never had a "hankering" to direct. I can perform, but I can't write on that level. I tend to go off on tangents. Directing also requires a kind of specificity and I don't have it.
To be clear, we [the Department of Education] want curriculum to be driven by the local level. We are by law prohibited from directing curriculum. We don't have a curriculum department.
Steven [Soderbergh] is so generous and when I sat down to meet him for "Logan Lucky" he answered so many questions about directing, so when I was on set I tried not to bug him too much.
I have always added dance to my productions. When I was directing theatre, I added dance sequences where they didn't exist in the play. I think dance is the ultimate form of expression.
Valerie Weiss
Directing music videos, especially ones that are concept/narrative driven is challenging in itself, but Directing a music video within a digital video environment is even more difficult.
Jon Jon Augustavo
That's what's nice about directing a film and having it done: There's nothing more I can do about it. It's done. That's it. All I can do is let it go and hope that people are kind to it.
Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there.
After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.
I get inspired when I look at Tom Lennon, who did Reno 911! for six seasons while writing huge movies and directing and also doing other pilots; he did that FX pilot, the Star Trek thing.
The thing I love about working with first-time directors is that it's always quite shocking how little difference there is between them and directors who've been directing all their lives.
Everyone that I meet always wants me to direct, but whenever I think of directing, I think of aligning shots. I'd definitely have to write and direct something. But I don't know if I could.
The craziest thing about TV directing is I turned in a version, and then they made their final changes - so I don't know what they are. So I'm like, "Ooo, I'm dying to see the final print."
Jake M. Johnson
Directing is a constant test of your communicative powers. You're constantly trying to explain people your vision of what you want and steer these tiny little details into a cohesive thing.
The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film.
We have a lot of women on the staff, obviously. It's a predominantly female writing staff and we hire the best people. It's not like we go we need more women or we need four women directing.
Callie Khouri
I actually have two children now, and sometimes I wonder if that's it. Because they do make writing and directing more complicated and more difficult, especially now that they're very young.
Diablo Cody
Mr. Lapid, making an electrifying feature directing debut, traces the line between the group and the individual in a story that can be read as a commentary on the world as much as on Israel.
There is nothing that one can say about acting, writing, producing or directing that cannot be revoked in the next breath. Nothing is immutable. The logic of one year is a folly of the next.
Moss Hart
Here is where I like to burst in as a writer, to take one strong sensory detail or image and instead of enhancing it or directing attention to it by shouting about it, I simply take it away.
Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him and directing him to carry on various activities.
Robert Nozick
Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.
I love being a part of storytelling, so whether I'm getting to do that on Survivor, or do it through kids' adventure books, or directing a movie, it's all sort of the same: Once Upon a Time...
Jeff Probst
You are learning too much, remembering too much, trying to hard relax a little bit, give life a chance to flow its own way, unassisted by your mind and effort. Stop directing the river's flow!
I don't think the concept of "directing actors" exists in the sense that if you get what you order from an actor you'll always get bad acting. Every actor is scared just like a regular person.
Pirjo Honkasalo
Directing is exhausting, but not for the actual directing part, when you say "Action!" and give creative notes. As a director, the exhausting part is that you are a professional answer-machine.
The worst part of directing is always seeing the first assembly. It's devastating. It really is. It's like going into the delivery room and you can't wait to see your baby, and it's a crocodile.
My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience.
I thought of myself as part of the general filmmaking effort. And as my scope broadened, I began to think about directing. I wanted to be the guy who got to say whether the dress is red or blue.
My background are acting, film production, directing, and I studied them for many years. Keep in mind that you need many other skills when you are starting any film project related to real life.
Writing is a totally different brain than directing, at least for me. With writing, you're trying your best to foresee all the problems before they happen. It's more architectural in a weird way.
Directing is much more psychological-it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have between two and 500 people asking you a billion questions.
Directing is a mixture of compromise and perfectionism. When you lose the judgment of which is more important at any particular moment, you're time is over. They find you out and send you packing.
Play is a necessary ingredient in art because there is a kind of wonder that goes on when you play. You're directing your activity toward a conclusion that isn't prescribed by a particular method.
The directing motive, the end and aim of capitalist production, is to extract the greatest possible amount of surplus value, and consequently to exploit labor-power to the greatest possible extent.
When you get to say something in a song you're not directing it necessarily at one person. When it's in a song it's easier to get it out. I don't really worry so much about it when I'm writing a song.
Buddhism is perception, gaining control of the mind and directing one's attention, to raise the kundalini energy so that it flows with such volatility and force that we simply perceive life correctly.
Every time you're directing a movie you're kind of building a temporary business. You're hiring all these heads of departments, and it definitely feels like I'm like a CEO of a very temporary company.
Directing is kind of like acting through other people. You see moments and you see things and if you don't see the actors hit it, you paint in those little spaces and tell them what direction to go in.
If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire 'best director' category would be comprised of models. To me, that is just the most ludicrous connection that you could make.
If you are directing, you have the opportunity to put your signature on the bottom of the frame. You have the opportunity to say, "This is what I believe. That is my credo. That is what I wish to state."
Somewhere in university, I realized that I hadn't been to classes in months, and I'd get tired to the point of narcolepsy doing anything other than some form of performing, directing, writing, or acting.
I think directing and writing are very different jobs. Obviously, directing is a more social and managerial job. The other thing about directing is that it's a very, very pragmatic job, and writing isn't.
We are entering an era in which national government, instead of directing, enables powerful regional and local initiatives to work, where Britain becomes as it should be - a Britain of nations and regions
I always feel that I'm sort of co-directing with my fellow actors. And you can tell when something's going on that really interests them and they approve of. And then you can sort of tell when there's not.
I come alive when I have assisted in bringing out the printed word on the stage, you know, and I enjoy directing plays. It's a tactile process, theatre, unlike a number of other forms of the creative work.
The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
Whether I'm directing live action or animation, my responsibility is the same. I have an audience sitting in a theater with their popcorn, and I've got to show them a good time and make them feel something.
Directing is monumentally complicated and it's a function of all the time you pay to it. I think it would be great to do a movie I'm not in, I could just eat Fritos and just say, 'yeah, it's good!' Some day.
Although I feel directing is a lot more challenging, fulfilling and satisfying, it is also far more stressful & consuming. This is why I don't see myself directing one film after another in quick succession.
Nandita Das
Science has given to this generation the means of unlimited disaster or of unlimited progress. There will remain the greater task of directing knowledge lastingly towards the purpose of peace and human good.
You see me in my most virile moment when you see me doing what I do. When I am directing, a special energy comes upon me. ... It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive. It is like having sex.
Sympathy for the enemy -- a weakness of police and armies alike. Most perilous are the unconscious sympathies directing you to preserve your enemy intact because the enemy is your justification for existence.
I have been directing and involved in producing and the creating of films for quite a while as well as acting. I always think in terms of what the director needs, and not just for this scene but for the film.
I think what makes a good actor's director is somebody who understands what I'm doing and is respectful of it, but who also has a vision and is directing me toward their vision in a way that feels productive.
Unity of command is essential to the economy of time. Warfare in the field was like a siege: by directing all one's force to a single point a breach might be made, and the equilibrium of opposition destroyed.
Curiously, directing my own films have made me more tolerant and patient. I've always been an extremely impatient actor. Waiting around drove me nuts. But now I'm much more sympathetic to a director's struggle.
There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.
I started working on how I would direct this a year before we started shooting "All We Had" and I was prepping, acting, and directing sort of at the same time. I knew that I didn't want to hold people up on set.
I think directing yourself is a monumental task. Just to self edit as an actor, you work for some directors who don't give you a lot of feedback so you have to do that. That's a difficult thing to do as an actor.
I would love to start directing. I just hope to find the right thing and, if I was afforded the opportunity, I think it would be something great. It would be really hard, but I think it would be a great privilege.
Everything that I teach as an enlightened Buddhist teacher is towards directing an individual to happiness, a balanced wisdom and knowledge that is sometimes just bubbly and euphoric or just very still and profound.
I'd been trying to retire to the back of the camera for quite a few years. And then, in 1970, when I first started directing, I if I could pull this off, I can some day just move in back of the camera and stay there.
You're directing a movie, but you are at the head of a ship of people, a whole fleet of people. And being able to manage that - being able to handle yourself as a director being a leader - that's massively important.
I like directing much better. It's more fun, that's all there is to it. It's essentially the same job, which is storytelling, but you have more control over the way you want to tell the story. It's a high. I love it.
I don't want to direct. I have no directing ambition whatsoever. And as long as I meet filmmakers like Tom Hooper, Stephen Frears, and others who allow that collaboration, I can't see why I would ever want to direct.
In general, the few directors that I've worked with that I really respect have taught me a lot about who I am and they've opened me up as an actor. I want to take some of that to apply it to when I'm directing actors.
With directing, you have to wake up early, which stinks, but you get to hang out with the crew, you're laughing, you're active, and you're working with the actors. It's just more fun than writing. Writing is very hard.
Amy Sherman-Palladino
I always wanted to write movies that I'd direct. I didn't come at it from a writing standpoint more than a directing standpoint, except that growing up, I didn't have the opportunity to shoot as much as I did to write.
I went through a phase where I was sick of acting, I didn't want to do it anymore, I was bored with it and then I tried directing a movie and I was like: "Shoot, get back over there!" It made me appreciate acting more.
When I started out in the '90s, there were not many people of color writing, directing and producing - hence, the roles for people of color were few and far between. There's still few roles in England [where she's from].
Archie Panjabi
Acting is the most pure fun as far as jobs go, but it can be limiting in terms of freedom of expression. You are never the master of the story, just a part of it. But writing and directing give you the power of the gods.
I'm basically a writer, it's who I am. I direct and I like theatre directing very much. But I've done 17 movies, they don't say 'Let's get Garry, he'll make a helicopter shot,' they say 'Get Garry, he'll fix the script.'
Garry Marshall
Being a father is like directing Alien or Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It's much more difficult than directing an episode of TV. Also, directing a show or movie lasts a few months at most, parenting lasts for decades.
I enjoy directing, but I really like acting more. The idea of controlling the whole thing is not something that really appeals to me as much as being able to just control the world of the character that I'm dealing with.
As a director who does not like to write, I am always looking for scripts that I can contribute to through directing. I don't want to do the same thing that the writer is doing; I want to add an angle or highlight a theme.
Jen McGowan
In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate desire of pleasure; the other, an acquired judgment which aspires after excellence.
The relation of redemption and sanctification would be the ongoing relationship between the driver and God who is directing her. Now, if God isn't directing him, he may go wild and do all sorts of things criminal and crazy.
The principle I adhere to when directing, is that I make good use of everything my staff creates. Even if they make foregrounds that don't quite fit with my backgrounds, I never waste it and try to find the best use for it.
I am very happy acting, and just have never gone at, or been bitten by the directing bug to the extent where I'm willing to put acting aside. If offered the opportunity, I think I could do a good job with the right material.
The central benefit of Zen, in the context of ordinary ups and downs of life,is not in preventing the minus and promoting the plus,but in directing people to the fundamental reality that is not under the sway of ups and downs.
Muso Soseki
I've learned so much from just being in film industry. I definitely want to stay in front of the camera and learn more from as many people as I can. Somewhere down the line, writing, directing and producing would be fantastic.
Nico Tortorella
It is a glorious thing to know that your Father God makes no mistakes in directing or permitting that which crosses the path of your life. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter. It is our glory to trust Him, no matter what.
I'm not a preacher and I'm not a pastor. But I really feel my career was leading me to make this. The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just directing traffic. I hope the film has the power to evangelize.
I love acting, but directing and writing have always been just as important. I started to write so many things when I was even a child. I wrote my first play when I was, like, seven years old. That was me - a writer - for years.
My dream is to do exactly what I'm doing. I love writing and directing, and being somebody that can write about an artist I love or make a film about it. That's great. I would leave the other stuff to those who do it much better.
I don't really like directing. I've had a good relationship with actors, but I can do what I do and back off. I don't want that much romancing. I don't want them to call me up at two in the morning saying, 'I don't know who I am.
Gordon Willis
If I'm directing actors, I learn about acting that way. If I'm acting, I learn about directing that way. Producing is just something that's come about because there's projects I find interesting that I would like to help get done.
Directing comes closer than anything I've found yet to providing me with a good reason to get up in the morning that goes beyond just getting some money. Because all the money does is buy the bed. Getting out of it is the problem.
Shane Black
I think even back as far as 'Lord of the Rings,' there was always the chance that 'The Hobbit' would be made, even way back then. Of course at that point, Peter Jackson didn't probably think at that point that he'd be directing it.
I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well, but is intensely rewarding. Particularly the chance to help draw out the best in young actors.
I actually like acting in things that I'm directing because I'm able to control the tone of how a scene may go and I know, very clearly, what I want from myself in that scene and what I need, as far as from a directorial standpoint.
Always stay true to your nature. Anything that you are being hired for in any aspect of life whether it is a banking job, acting directing, whatever it is you have to stay true to who you are because they hired you to do what you do.
Anne Fletcher
I'll be in # Jharkhand along with Kaustav Narayan Niyogi, who is directing the film and my director of photography for location hunting. I want to lock the locations before Christmas as everyone goes into vacation mode after that,
When I was in high school, I was the guy directing plays after class. I started my first theater company at 19, and my second theater company at 21. I've always been a guy who doesn't do well with the passive nature of being an actor.
In a way, after you're done directing there is a sense of amnesia that washes over you, you can't exactly remember how you did things. It's a zone, just like an athlete, when they can't remember what they did, but somehow got it done.
The root of the whole evil lay, particularly in Schonerer's opinion, in the fact that the directing body of the Catholic Church was not in Germany, and that for this very reason alone it was hostile to the interests of our nationality.
The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen
The task of propaganda lies not in a scientific training of the individual, but rather in directing the masses toward certain facts, events, necessities, etc., the purpose being to move their importance into the masses' field of vision.
There is a magic factor that is sometimes on a movie set, that is a really, really beautiful thing that cannot be compared to anything else, if you are somebody that is really passionate about acting or directing or the world of movies.
Feelings are the fine instruments which shape decision-making in an animal cursed and blessed with intelligence, and the freedom which is its corollary. They are signals directing us toward goodness, safety, pleasure, and group survival.
Willard Gaylin
By directing combat and war pieces, I could experience catharsis and successfully avoid committing a murder in real life. In this sense, I'm really grateful for that because I was conscious that I had such homicidal traits, to be honest.
Yoshiyuki Tomino
I keep joking that I'm in Jason Reitman Film School, because I keep asking him questions every single day about directing and I have a list of things that he's told me to do and not do and I definitely couldn't learn from a better person.
Individuality is a real power inherent in all and the development and consequent expression of this power enables one to assume the responsibility of directing his own footsteps rather than stampeding after some self-assertive bell-wether.
Charles F. Haanel
I'm a natural behind the camera. My attentions are more toward behind the scenes, more toward creating, producing, and directing what's going on here. When I finally do pop in front of the lens, I'm genuinely glad and relieved to be there.
Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don't really want to learn any other part of it, or they would. Directing and producing and putting a show together is very creative, for me.
Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in the filmmaking world, and so I want to explore all aspects of it, not just the acting, but acting is the root.
I like every part [of the film process ] except the business and admin stuff. The initial idea. Writing. Re-writing. Casting. Directing, Editing. If I had to chose I'd say writing, followed by putting music on the picture. That is magical.
I never go to the monitor. I just look at the camera monitor and my favorite part of all of the directing, except for the writing and editing of it, is right when we're rolling and they do lines and I'll say "Try this, try this, try this."
I like writing for other people. I love it. It's great because you write it and then you hand it off to someone else. But in terms of directing, anything I direct will be something I've written or re-written. I'm in no crazy rush to direct.
Nicholas Stoller
I am very interested in architecture. I've been asked if I'd ever direct, but me, I'd rather build. It's very similar to directing, because you get to walk among this piece of art, to live in it, be surrounded by it, which is just thrilling.
I believe the important part of directing really is finding the right people for the right roles. Sometimes you go for what's expected, and sometimes you go against type because you think that'll really bring something different to the movie.
I sort of dreamed about directing before my career as an actor took off. I've directed stage before in so many capacities on tours. I put that together. You have to. Otherwise, it's your statement. It's your voice, and that has to come through.
I have a great team. A lot of my focus every day is with my television and film career, directing and producing, and I guess you can say that my moonlighting gig is Tropfest. Obviously, when I am not working I am in the Tropfest office full-time.
This is going to sound cliché perhaps, but I would say to not second-guess yourself. It's difficult to talk about because gender does play into directing, of course, but it's very hard to talk about. Maybe the worst part is what you internalize.
Julia Loktev
Trust is the glue that holds everything together. It creates the environment in which all of the other elements win-win stewardship agreements, self-directing individuals and teams, aligned structures and systems, and accountability can flourish.
If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director. Part of the freedom in directing, for me, is that I'm also the camera operator. That's the place where things are less rigid, where I can adjust as I go along.
I would really like to focus on directing features, and then eventually take that skill set back to television. On features, you have more control. On television, the producers are the creative forces behind it. Directors come and go on television.
We were looking to collaborate with someone on both those fronts [ writing and directing] and it ended up just being me [in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men]. So, at this point, it's the epitome of a passion project and I just hope people like it.
Directing is a terrible, anxious process. It's all collaboration, and if you have a dream, it's diluted very quickly by the slightest ineptness in any of your collaborators. They're supposed to help you, but too often they help you into your grave.
There's no real rules about what you do [while directing]; it's just you just use your instincts as to the pacing of a film and what is repetitive and what is the minimum amount you can get away with to tell the story, that scene didn't make it in.
First of all, directing was the most incredible experience. When you run a television show, directing is something that not many people actually get the time to do because you're so consumed with everything that's going on. You can't just disappear.
J. H. Wyman
Iran, as we have already discussed, has carried out very, very harmful activities inside Iraq. Funding, trainings, arming and, in some cases, even directing the activities of the special groups associated with the Jaish al-Mahdi and the Sadr Militia.
David Petraeus
In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role... if you are able to do a credible performance and touch the audience. Same with directing. If you are able to draw out the best from your actors, then you fulfill your job as a director.
Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position and made him eat at four o'clock. He liked to direct it. But, to me, directing is tedious. Especially if you're acting in it. And I'm inherently lazy.
The ideas of directing attention outward, trying to imagine other people complexly, trying not to see myself as the center of the universe - these concepts have become important to me, and I hope they're at work in my life on a minute-by-minute basis.
I think it seems like a natural progression to go into directing, and I hope to explore more of it, because it's very exciting and a really good way to collide all the things that you've known and experienced in the business and put them all into one.
Yeah, it was always a low-budget passion project. It's my directing debut. I've always wanted to make an improv movie because I have so much experience in it, but it's not a big studio movie. It was an experiment that turned out better than I thought.
I would recommend that any writer get off their ass at least once and just try it. Directing is a completely different set of muscles. It also affects your writing because, once you start directing, you tend to write your scripts with directing in mind.
A sense of solitude is one of the most beautiful things that parents can give a child. It doesn't mean leaving the child alone, but it does mean creating safe spaces where the child can be with other people. It does mean directing their attention to God.
For me, directing is sort of like cooking or something. You know that you're making this interesting recipe while you're putting all the ingredients together, you can never oversee what it's gonna taste exactly. So while you're doing that, you're tasting.
Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr.
It was really interesting to be editing the film [Trust] in New York and directing the play in Chicago, and one definitely informed the other. The play probably benefitted more because I realized what scenes could be cut, and I cut those scenes from the play.
I think people like Lena Dunham really opened up the door to what was possible, and they've inspired young women to go into filmmaking and writing and directing and acting in a way that maybe they didn't before, because now there is a path and there are jobs.
When you're shooting a low-budget movie you're never just the director: you're also in the catering department, and hair and make-up and a part-time grip. I can't even imagine the luxury of not having to keep an eye on every aspect of production while directing.
Amber Sealey
I have visions and ideas about different things. Other actors just inspire you, so writing is something I would love to do more of. I would really be interested in doing something in that vein, writing something for myself or someone else and directing for sure.
When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid, you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story, you're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
Very quickly I realized that directing is a combination of things: It's visual, it's directing the actors, it's telling a story. And people don't always mention this part of directing, but it's also knowing how to really edit something into something that makes sense.
From an outsider's perspective, it's amazing what [Clint Eastwood] does. If he's not directing a film, he's acting in it, or rather he's composing the music for that film. His commitment to what he does is astounding for all of us to witness. It's inspiring, actually.
It looks to me as if Darwinians are like someone who, having observed that tugboats sometimes maneuver ocean liners in tight places by directing high-pressure streams of water at them, concludes that he has discovered the method by which the liners cross the Atlantic.
The timing for directing is usually because it takes that long to develop a piece and then do pre-production and then post-production. It takes at least a couple of years. I prefer directing to doing other things. Directing and writing seem to be infinitely more creative
The ideal revolutionary command should effectively direct all planning and implementation. It must not allow the growth of any other rival center of power. There must be one command pooling and directing the subsequent governmental departments, including the armed forces.
Harry [ Hannigan] and Chris [Ellis] are sitting there while we're doing [ Fresh Hell], and Chris is directing, obviously, but if we start fooling around a little bit, Harry comes in, and he's got some addition that makes it even funnier. But we start with a complete script.
Brent Spiner
You've got to remember that improvisers are writers and actors and directors all simultaneously. That's what's happening in real time because you're writing on your feet, and you are acting out the words and you are directing what the staging is. You're deciding what staging is.
Unless you're a directing producer of a television show, for the most part, the director comes in one week to direct and episode, and then leaves. I'd much rather produce television and occasionally direct an episode of a show I'm producing, then just come in as an outside director.
Divorced, not loving their abandoned children as much as they loathe their former wives, directing a combination of need and hostility toward the women who drift in and out of their new lives, they are, as [one character] puts it, "involved in a variety of pharmaceutical experiments.
Richard Schickel
Herzog and Malick both have this very unique naturalist intentionality to their process. It's about creating the mood, creating the focus and having discipline, but not prescribing what the performance was supposed to be. Neither of them are really directing their actors into a performance.
Sam Pressman
There's something wrong - the performance, the weather, the set design, the lighting. Something is not working. And so you say, "Give me 10 minutes." When you're first directing, you're terrified. But when you've been in that situation enough times, you know that under pressure, it will come to you.
Directing movies (53 quotes)
Movies alone have the hideous capacity to do everything for you. So in directing movies, you have to figure how to leave things out - because when you leave things out, you evoke the imaginative participation of the audience. Votes: 4 Alison Owen
Directing your life (36 quotes)
If you are not consciously directing your life, you will lose your footing and circumstances will decide for you. Votes: 3 Michael Beckwith
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