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title: "29 Acting Directing Quotes by 28 authors"
description: "Browse 29 Acting Directing quotes by 28 authors. Discover the best Acting Directing sayings and thoughts."
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> [Acting and directing are two separate disciplines that rarely mix.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vijay-sethupathi/acting-and-directing-are-two-separate-disciplines-that-rarely-mix/)

[Vijay Sethupathi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vijay-sethupathi/)

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> [My first love is acting, not directing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rishi-kapoor/my-first-love-is-acting-not-directing/)

[Rishi Kapoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rishi-kapoor/)

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> [I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-fonda/i-want-to-die-in-the-saddle-i-love-writing-producing-acting-directing/)

[Peter Fonda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-fonda/)

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> [I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-white/i-started-as-a-writer-i-started-writing-when-i-was-little-the-acting/)

[Mike White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-white/)

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> [I don't find acting and directing schizophrenic in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-foster/i-don-t-find-acting-and-directing-schizophrenic-in-any-way-i-find-it/)

[Jodie Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-foster/)

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> [I personally don't prefer acting and directing in something because I don't have the same objectivity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malik-yoba/i-personally-don-t-prefer-acting-and-directing-in-something-because-i/)

[Malik Yoba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malik-yoba/)

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> [Whether it's acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-felton/whether-it-s-acting-directing-or-writing-i-want-to-be-involved-in-the/)

[Tom Felton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-felton/)

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> [Writing is a creative art form and the acting and directing is more of an interpretive art form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/writing-is-a-creative-art-form-and-the-acting-and-directing-is-more/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [I attend film school, my background is acting and directing. But the acting does best, I like to work on the stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-wiseau/i-attend-film-school-my-background-is-acting-and-directing-but-the/)

[Tommy Wiseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-wiseau/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/tommy-wiseau-8831_acting_i-attend-film-school-my-background-is-ac_1124938.png)

> [It is not easy acting and directing yourself because you have to face the camera as well as look at the scene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahesh-manjrekar/it-is-not-easy-acting-and-directing-yourself-because-you-have-to-face/)

[Mahesh Manjrekar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahesh-manjrekar/)

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> [I learn a new thing every single day about acting, about directing, about producing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finn-wolfhard/i-learn-a-new-thing-every-single-day-about-acting-about-directing/)

[Finn Wolfhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finn-wolfhard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/finn-wolfhard-6194_acting_i-learn-a-new-thing-every-single-day-abo_455059.jpg)

> [Right now, my focus is really acting and directing. But I see the creativity and the work that goes into building a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shiri-appleby/right-now-my-focus-is-really-acting-and-directing-but-i-see-the/)

[Shiri Appleby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shiri-appleby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/shiri-appleby-13432_creativity_right-now-my-focus-is-really-acting-and_3135148.jpg)

> [Writing is close to acting. In directing, you control. Acting, you can't control how good you are, and you can't control how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-may/writing-is-close-to-acting-in-directing-you-control-acting-you-can-t/)

[Elaine May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-may/)

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> [I had worked in this New York theatre company for my first eight or nine years out of college, acting and directing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gregg/i-had-worked-in-this-new-york-theatre-company-for-my-first-eight-or/)

[Clark Gregg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gregg/)

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> [I love acting, but directing and writing have always been just as important. I started to write so many things when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-laurent/i-love-acting-but-directing-and-writing-have-always-been-just-as/)

[Melanie Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-laurent/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/melanie-laurent-18111_acting_i-love-acting-but-directing-and-writing_491538.png)

> [After the Oscar for 'Shampoo,' I had a sense, even as I was walking up to get it, that this was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-grant/after-the-oscar-for-shampoo-i-had-a-sense-even-as-i-was-walking-up-to/)

[Lee Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-grant/)

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> [If you're directing and acting, I feel like they both suffer, to some extent. There are so many elements to it. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-hutcherson/if-you-re-directing-and-acting-i-feel-like-they-both-suffer-to-some/)

[Josh Hutcherson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-hutcherson/)

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> [I loved theater and went to Circle in the Square's post-graduate program for two years and studied acting and directing and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-maccallum/i-loved-theater-and-went-to-circle-in-the-square-s-post-graduate/)

[Martha MacCallum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-maccallum/)

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> [I started working on how I would direct this a year before we started shooting "All We Had" and I was prepping,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-holmes/i-started-working-on-how-i-would-direct-this-a-year-before-we-started/)

[Katie Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-holmes/)

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> [The most difficult thing about acting and directing in a film is acting and directing in a film. Every ounce of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lake-bell/the-most-difficult-thing-about-acting-and-directing-in-a-film-is/)

[Lake Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lake-bell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/lake-bell-11522_acting_the-most-difficult-thing-about-acting-an_1246973.jpg)

> [When you're acting and directing, you're standing there acting with another actor, and you're trying to do your performance, and at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-heffernan/when-you-re-acting-and-directing-you-re-standing-there-acting-with/)

[Kevin Heffernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-heffernan/)

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> [ If you choose to do both \[acting and directing\] on a set, than you're admitting that you understand that everyone is in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-hall/if-you-choose-to-do-both-acting-and-directing-on-a-set-than-you-re/)

[Rebecca Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-hall/)

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> [The hardest thing for a film actor, especially if you are in a lot of the film, is sustaining energy for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chiwetel-ejiofor/the-hardest-thing-for-a-film-actor-especially-if-you-are-in-a-lot-of/)

[Chiwetel Ejiofor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chiwetel-ejiofor/)

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> [Definitely, there's a lot of trouble you come up against when you're acting and directing, about your performance. Sometimes it's hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-foster/definitely-there-s-a-lot-of-trouble-you-come-up-against-when-you-re/)

[Jodie Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-foster/)

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> [For me, the real goal is to integrate. The thing that I'm most happy with is the fact that I've been able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-hawke/for-me-the-real-goal-is-to-integrate-the-thing-that-i-m-most-happy/)

[Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-hawke/)

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> [Dude, writing, acting and directing are such easy jobs. But to do them all as awesomely as Zach Braff does, well that...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-braff/dude-writing-acting-and-directing-are-such-easy-jobs-but-to-do-them/)

[Zach Braff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-braff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/zach-braff-854_acting_dude-writing-acting-and-directing-are-su_2004130.png)

> [I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-capaldi/i-never-really-think-of-acting-and-directing-as-being-separate-they/)

[Peter Capaldi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-capaldi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/peter-capaldi-2535_acting_i-never-really-think-of-acting-and-direc_95801.png)

> [The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/the-thing-that-s-very-close-in-the-process-is-writing-and-acting-not/)

[Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/sean-penn-3005_acting_the-thing-that-s-very-close-in-the-proce_2431323.png)

> [When I was acting, I did not have any directorial plans in my mind then. But I did not enjoy acting as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/divya-khosla-kumar/when-i-was-acting-i-did-not-have-any-directorial-plans-in-my-mind/)

[Divya Khosla Kumar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/divya-khosla-kumar/)

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