Directing Quotes

531 quotes by 436 authors

"Stand still" - keep the posture of an upright man, ready for action, expecting further orders, cheerfully and patiently awaiting the directing voice; and it… — Charles Spurgeon
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for alcoholics we appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing… — William Duncan Silkworth
This directing thing just sort of fell my way and landed in my lap. — Charles S. Dutton
Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money. — Charles S. Dutton
Leadership is the process of motivating, mobilizing, resourcing, and directing people to passionately and strategically pursue a vision from God that a group jointly embraces. — George Barna
Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you. — Chuck Jones
I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script… — Preston Sturges
An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing? — Peter Brook
This process, this method necessary to man's survival and prosperity upon the earth, has often been derided as unduly or exclusively "materialistic." But it should… — Murray Rothbard
To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens… — Eric Hoffer
It's such a strange combination that I'd be unhappy to make anything like that without Landis directing. — Jenny Agutter
Before I even knew what that half of my family did, I was interested in performing. I remember being seven years old and up on… — Jack Huston
I'm giving up acting. . . . I'm 66 and there are a number of celebrations I've got to get down on paper, and acting… — Athol Fugard
All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality and… — Paul Schrader
I just think that I'll never have plastic surgery if I'm not in front of the camera. If you make your living selling this thing,… — Rebecca De Mornay
For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was. — Peter Jackson
Directing Skyfall was one of the best experiences of my professional life, but I have theatre and other commitments, including productions of Charlie And The… — Sam Mendes
We need to be fearful of companies that get so big that they can actually be directing policy. — Rand Paul
When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout,… — Akira Kurosawa
The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it's natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach that madness as… — Dario Argento

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