I don't think I'm great at acting. I think I'm great at directing. — Melissa Joan Hart Copy Share Image
Directing adults is not the same kind of collaboration as you have with a teenager or kid. — Celine Sciamma Copy Share Image
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. — Jason Priestley Copy Share Image
I started directing out of necessity, the first play I wrote in college because I didn't know anyone who could direct it. — Conor McPherson Copy Share Image
I directed three films and each time [I act] I hope it's the last time so I have time to do my… — Mathieu Amalric Copy Share Image
There's something that comes into you that's so exciting when you're directing. — Bill Pullman Copy Share Image
Acting requires emotional flexibility and demands, and directing is more cerebral and managerial and a tactical kind of thing. — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
The sensibility I brought to directing was similar to what I bring when I write. — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
I watch 'Goodfellas,' and suddenly it frees me up entirely; it reminds me of what great film directing is all about. — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I always wanted to direct. Directing is a lot more of a commitment though, a lot more time. I like directors who… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role... if you are able to do a credible performance and… — Timothy Hutton Copy Share Image
If you ever go to a music session, you'll notice that the musicians can sit down and start playing right away, and… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I don't write on set. I also - in a funny way, I don't really differentiate between the writing and directing. I… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
I think if more women had been directing when I was a child, I probably would have gone for directing first. But,… — Sondra Locke Copy Share Image
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… — Amber Sealey Copy Share Image
I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Hollander Copy Share Image
With acting, if a friend asked me to be in a movie or TV show, there's a lot of things on my… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
There is a lot of management going on with directing. Maybe that was the biggest surprise-just the amount of tending that I… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
It is hard directing and being a mother. The hours are terrible and you have to sort of suspend your life when… — Gurinder Chadha Copy Share Image
Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school.… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
What's interesting as a director, and even studio executives don't understand this, is that if you're directing a $200 million movie with… — John Landis Copy Share Image
I spent many years writing and directing in radio drama, so I am comfortable with an audience or a microphone, but I… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
I think that you have to have a really specific type of personality to be able to both direct and act, because… — Cherien Dabis Copy Share Image
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