Able Quote by Amy Sherman-Palladino

If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for…

— John Patrick Shanley

If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for…

— John Patrick Shanley

If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for…

— John Patrick Shanley

Your job as a director is to study the show, understand the show, understand the vibe, the tone, the characters.

— Miriam Shor

One thing that is true in TV is that you do hire the directors. As the writer, it's very different than in features, where…

— Zak Penn

Sometimes directors feel a script needs something, but they're not sure what it is, so they show it to a friend; if the friend…

— Tom Stoppard

You - as a director, you have to do your job, you have to show things, and you don't have to ask the actors…

— Michel Hazanavicius

Even if you come up with a conventional script, directors face several issues in convincing people to get on board.

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

Television can become a bit of a treadmill for directors. You come in, nobody knows you, the actors are already doing what they're doing,…

— Michael J. Bassett

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the…

— Jon Turteltaub

There are so many factors that go into directing. It's honestly a logistical nightmare for a lead to direct themselves in an episode.

— Melanie Scrofano

Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, theres a lot of eye-rolling...…

— Christine Vachon