Directing Quotes · Page 6

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.

— Nicholas Jarecki

I don't necessarily recommend directing your husband or wife in a film, but if you have to do it, you have to…

— Scott Foley

I enjoy doing my more intimate and less commercial pictures and also I enjoy directing.

— Sarah Polley

I mean... directing is a holy, unpleasant experience, to be perfectly honest.

— Taylor Sheridan

I was already interested in directing when I was very young. I knew that was something I was going to be doing.

— Rob Reiner

I've learned that when I'm directing, I hate when people are always questioning everything and trying to give me directions.

— Eugenio Derbez

Directing films is easier said than done. The job needs a lot of sensibility to put many things in place.

— Vijay Sethupathi

I love learning on the set. But, directing is not something I want to do.

— Penelope Cruz

For me the dream is the freedom to make all the crazy ideas I have in my head into movies. I truly…

— Nicholas Ozeki

Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music…

— Malcolm-Jamal Warner

When I see my movies on the editing table, I do think I could have done them a certain way. The satisfaction…

— Sajid Nadiadwala

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

— Martha MacCallum

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…

— Kevin Connolly

Here's the thing about standup directing: not that hard. As I said on Twitter one day, or maybe it was Instagram -…

— Neal Brennan

As a director who does not like to write, I am always looking for scripts that I can contribute to through directing.…

— Jen McGowan

While the FBI carries out investigative work, the responsibility for supervising, directing and ultimately determining the resolution of investigations is solely the…

— William Barr

I think coming off of "Blame", I've been talking a lot about directing. It's something that I really love and connect with.…

— Quinn Shephard

Directing, to me, starts even before we get to the set. Directing is a fluid, an abstract thing. It's not done only…

— Harmony Korine

Once I went to film school, I realized that film directing was actually much better than theater directing, because you kind of…

— Mark Waters

I am waiting for the right story to tell. Just like 'Man of Tai Chi' just seemed to be the right story…

— Keanu Reeves

I directed my first music video for Sara Bareilles. I like writing and directing. I co-wrote '21 Jump Street' and I'm in…

— Jonah Hill

Directing your first film is like showing up to the field trip in seventh grade, getting on the bus, and making an…

— Mike Birbiglia

What I learned about acting, from my experiences directing, is why so many producers and directors don't like actors. You go through…

— Ethan Hawke

Directing is the best job going. I don't understand why everybody doesn't want to direct. It's an absolutely fascinating combination of skills…

— Hugh Laurie

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…

— Catherine O'Hara

I keep saying this, but the most important part of directing is casting, and the rest of it is pretty easy.

— Max Winkler

Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money.

— Charles S. Dutton

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

— Rhea Seehorn

Directing is a way of looking at something and then communicating it.

— Elaine May

Directing is more comfortable for me because, as an actor, there's always something inherently false. Because I'm not that person.

— Forest Whitaker

Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well.

— Harrison Ford

I think the big evolutionary step for me is directing my own movies.

— Sasha Grey

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

— Roland Joffe

I learn a new thing every single day about acting, about directing, about producing.

— Finn Wolfhard

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

— Sean Durkin

First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode.

— Anthony Michael Hall

I always love directing because it gives me a chance to be with everyone 24/7.

— Aline Brosh McKenna

I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.

— Werner Herzog

As far as working with actors, I feel very comfortable working in that aspect of directing.

— Jim Rash

My dream would be producing, maybe directing - definitely not writing - one feature film.

— Bonnie Hammer