What I like most about directing is creating a world more…

I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.

— Joe Wright

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

— Tim Robbins

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…

— Mel Gibson

I do like directing other people's material.

— Brian De Palma

I feel like directing is more about who the individual is rather than if they're a man or a woman. It's kind of hard…

— Reed Morano

I'd like to have a go at directing.

— Ben Whishaw

Writing a novel is a lot like directing a movie because you are creating a world and a tone, you are creating a large…

— Stephen Chbosky

I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working.

— Carrie Mae Weems

The script [of Regression] wasn't the draw for me. It was largely Alejandro [Amenabar] and his way of talking. To hear him talking about…

— Ethan Hawke

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've always said that with a lot of the horror franchises that I've started, it's like directing a pilot. I come in, I direct…

— James Wan

I loved theater and went to Circle in the Square's post-graduate program for two years and studied acting and directing and I loved it.…

— Martha MacCallum

The producing thing has come quite naturally to me. I feel like for directing, I would like to be more technically-savvy. I want to…

— Zoe Bell

I think I would like directing. I really like coming at the work that way.

— Rhea Seehorn

Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right.

— Otto Preminger