Budget Quote by Bill Duke

There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think…

— Emilio Estevez

TV directing is fine because you can come in and do a TV show in a relatively short period of time, and that can…

— John Polson

I've been really lucky to work with some really great film people in the past, but television works on a much quicker schedule, and…

— Michael Weatherly

The first thing I say when people ask what's the difference [between doing TV and film], is that film has an ending and TV…

— Jason Reitman

I would really like to focus on directing features, and then eventually take that skill set back to television. On features, you have more…

— Eric Balfour

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

The directors you want to work with are in the television world.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

I can't see myself being a television director unless it's for a two-hour movie.

— Billy Bob Thornton

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

If you're directing, it doesn't really matter any more if it's going straight to TV - what matters is whether you have the resources…

— Cary Fukunaga

When you are not working in TV and primarily doing film, you're working with one director for a long period of time, so getting…

— Asia Kate Dillon

I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in…

— Mel Smith