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> [I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/i-don-t-get-nervous-when-i-m-directing-a-play-it-s-not-like-acting/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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> [I was never nervous directing. Not once. I'm more nervous acting. I'm far more nervous on set, before I say my lines, than I ever have been, as a director.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-mcgowan/i-was-never-nervous-directing-not-once-i-m-more-nervous-acting-i-m/)

[Rose McGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-mcgowan/)

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