Insofar as I'm good at directing, it's because I've become…

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…

— Gordon Willis

I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.

— Victor Garber

I feel like I could be good at directing or producing, but I don't know.

— Leslie Mann

Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie.

— Roland Joffe

You understand what good directing is, you can identify it pretty easily.

— Scott Eastwood

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…

— Luke Evans

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

— Naturi Naughton

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…

— Luke Evans

Good directing is good writing and good casting.

— Robert Zemeckis

Genndy [Tartakovsky] is so good at directing and so wonderful with animation.

— Andy Samberg

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job.

— Ron Howard

One of the things I've learned from animation is that some guys are really good at writing, some guys are really good at design,…

— Paul Dini

That's what I learned most about directing on my own - you've got to build a family, a filmmaking family.

— Dustin Lance Black

“I was ambitious and desperate to direct my first film, so I capitulated and blew it. Never again. Never fucking again.”

— Craig Ferguson

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…

— John Ford