--- title: "7 Told Director Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Told Director quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Told Director sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/barry-mcguire-23832_broadway_that-s-why-i-had-to-leave-hair-on-broadw_28273.jpg" --- > [That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-mcguire/that-s-why-i-had-to-leave-hair-on-broadway-because-i-did-it-for-about/) [Barry McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-mcguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/barry-mcguire-23832_broadway_that-s-why-i-had-to-leave-hair-on-broadw_28273.jpg) > [A lecturer once told me I could never be a director. I was 16. I believed him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paddy-considine/a-lecturer-once-told-me-i-could-never-be-a-director-i-was-16-i/) [Paddy Considine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paddy-considine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/paddy-considine-17539_believed_a-lecturer-once-told-me-i-could-never-be_393576.jpg) > [When I got an offer for 'Fireflies,' I told the director that I was recovering at home in Delhi, so I couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arjun-mathur/when-i-got-an-offer-for-fireflies-i-told-the-director-that-i-was/) [Arjun Mathur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arjun-mathur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b80/arjun-mathur-5846_best_when-i-got-an-offer-for-fireflies-i-told_798151.jpg) > [I'm never happy with the work I put in. No. I need to be told by my director and people around me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shraddha-kapoor/i-m-never-happy-with-the-work-i-put-in-no-i-need-to-be-told-by-my/) [Shraddha Kapoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shraddha-kapoor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/shraddha-kapoor-18303_director_i-m-never-happy-with-the-work-i-put-in-n_1045006.jpg) > [I've gotten pretty good with a tray between acting jobs. In fact, when I got the TV show 'Gravity' I was still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-numrich/i-ve-gotten-pretty-good-with-a-tray-between-acting-jobs-in-fact-when/) [Seth Numrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-numrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/seth-numrich-25399_acting_i-ve-gotten-pretty-good-with-a-tray-betw_1371466.jpg) > [The bottom line is if the movie does well, everybody is happy and they forget about what they went through. And if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-de-niro/the-bottom-line-is-if-the-movie-does-well-everybody-is-happy-and-they/) [Robert De Niro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-de-niro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/robert-de-niro-3745_blood_the-bottom-line-is-if-the-movie-does-wel_1963629.jpg) > [I'd done some acting and I didn't like being told what to do by the director, the structure of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-lycett/i-d-done-some-acting-and-i-didn-t-like-being-told-what-to-do-by-the/) [Joe Lycett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-lycett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/joe-lycett-7749_acting_i-d-done-some-acting-and-i-didn-t-like-b_2043337.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/told-director/#itemlist", "name": "Told Director Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. 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