Acting Quote by Brian J. Smith

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

Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.

— Steve Buscemi

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

The difference between directing film and directing television is so stark simply because TV is a living breathing organism already when you direct an…

— Jon Hamm

First of all, directing was the most incredible experience. When you run a television show, directing is something that not many people actually get…

— J.H. Wyman

Fortunately, I have an amazing partner that allows us to do these different things, who will be directing an episode himself soon, I'm sure.…

— J.H. Wyman

Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.

— Sydney Pollack

Here's the thing: I come from a filmmaking background, so this concept of sort of overseeing a television show but not directing was, in…

— Justin Simien

I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated. And there's so much more responsibility…

— Jason Bateman

Well directing TV is very time-consuming, so if you are going to direct TV, a season will take a year out of your life.

— Steven Knight

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

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head…

— Alfonso Gomez-Rejon