--- title: "11 Directing Thing Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Directing Thing quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Directing Thing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab1/domhnall-gleeson-7289_accident_i-ve-been-interested-in-the-writing-dire_1344527.jpg" --- > [I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/domhnall-gleeson/i-ve-been-interested-in-the-writing-directing-thing-and-really-fell/) [Domhnall Gleeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/domhnall-gleeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab1/domhnall-gleeson-7289_accident_i-ve-been-interested-in-the-writing-dire_1344527.jpg) > [I think the only directing I'd be any good at is theatre directing. It's the only thing I can see myself doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-freeman/i-think-the-only-directing-i-d-be-any-good-at-is-theatre-directing-it/) [Martin Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-freeman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfb/martin-freeman-1860_any_i-think-the-only-directing-i-d-be-any-go_1291959.png) > [This directing thing just sort of fell my way and landed in my lap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-s-dutton/this-directing-thing-just-sort-of-fell-my-way-and-landed-in-my-lap/) [Charles S. Dutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-s-dutton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/charles-s-dutton-32208_fell_this-directing-thing-just-sort-of-fell-m_437811.png) > [While my megalomania knows no bounds, directing is one thing I have never really done. I directed a couple of plays. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-earl-brown/while-my-megalomania-knows-no-bounds-directing-is-one-thing-i-have/) [W. Earl Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-earl-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/w-earl-brown-19855_couple_while-my-megalomania-knows-no-bounds-dir_762064.jpg) > [Every now and then I have to teach directing. The thing about the theatre is that the most important thing you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-daldry/every-now-and-then-i-have-to-teach-directing-the-thing-about-the/) [Stephen Daldry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-daldry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/stephen-daldry-16978_cinema_every-now-and-then-i-have-to-teach-direc_65022.jpg) > [Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diego-luna/definitely-directing-is-the-thing-i-like-the-most-because-this-is/) [Diego Luna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diego-luna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/diego-luna-4027_again_definitely-directing-is-the-thing-i-like_274629.jpg) > [Much more than wanting to be cast as the skinny Jew in something, I'd rather be the guy who is directing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-amstell/much-more-than-wanting-to-be-cast-as-the-skinny-jew-in-something-i-d/) [Simon Amstell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-amstell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/simon-amstell-4347_connection_much-more-than-wanting-to-be-cast-as-the_1528449.png) > [I've done all the other kind of production work on films than directing really badly. That is the truth. It's made me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azazel-jacobs/i-ve-done-all-the-other-kind-of-production-work-on-films-than/) [Azazel Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azazel-jacobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/azazel-jacobs-61787_cinema_i-ve-done-all-the-other-kind-of-producti_1783106.jpg) > [The directing thing, to do it well, I think you have to have a hell of a lot more discipline than I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janeane-garofalo/the-directing-thing-to-do-it-well-i-think-you-have-to-have-a-hell-of/) [Janeane Garofalo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janeane-garofalo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/janeane-garofalo-1940_ability_the-directing-thing-to-do-it-well-i-thin_2561387.jpg) > [I'm always writing, but directing takes priority over everything, unless the acting is a job that lifts that whole brand. If I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-clarke/i-m-always-writing-but-directing-takes-priority-over-everything/) [Noel Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/noel-clarke-15355_acting_i-m-always-writing-but-directing-takes-p_1634476.jpg) > [Elia Kazan. He wrote my favorite book about filmmaking, 'Elia Kazan: On Directing.' There is a thing in the book that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-birbiglia/elia-kazan-he-wrote-my-favorite-book-about-filmmaking-elia-kazan-on/) [Mike Birbiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-birbiglia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/mike-birbiglia-1343_actors_elia-kazan-he-wrote-my-favorite-book-abo_1543949.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/directing-thing/#itemlist", "name": "Directing Thing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Domhnall Gleeson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/domhnall-gleeson/i-ve-been-interested-in-the-writing-directing-thing-and-really-fell/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab1/domhnall-gleeson-7289_accident_i-ve-been-interested-in-the-writing-dire_1344527.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab1/domhnall-gleeson-7289_accident_i-ve-been-interested-in-the-writing-dire_1344527.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab1/domhnall-gleeson-7289_accident_i-ve-been-interested-in-the-writing-dire_1344527.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.” — Domhnall Gleeson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think the only directing I'd be any good at is theatre directing. 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If I get a part in a big film with a big director and I was going to direct one of my one films, I would take the former job because that job will only help anything that I then intend to do. I think in the long run, directing is the thing that will outlive everything else. 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