Directing Quotes

531 quotes by 423 authors

Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right. — Otto Preminger
Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of my… — Unknown Author
I would love to continue acting. Maybe one day I would like to try writing and directing. — Kara Hayward
I was born in Ballaghadreen, but I grew up in Galway, and when I went to the University College of Galway, I became involved in… — Garry Hynes
I was the first woman to win a Tony for directing, but the second woman came along five minutes later. — Garry Hynes
I never went to school for directing. I studied theater with a director. I followed plays to see how a director would talk to the… — Denis Villeneuve
I have my writing and acting and producing and directing, and my younger brother has his music and his acting. — Unknown Author
I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a great director. He… — Clint Eastwood
Suddenly I was writing a lot of screenplays, and I was no long in New York, so I stopped acting in plays, and it just… — Unknown Author
I was a directing student and a production design student at Carnegie Mellon. I went in as a production design student and became a directing… — John Wells
Luckily, I went to school at CalArts, and then ended up here at Disney, starting in the Animation Building and working my way up. I… — Unknown Author
In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role... if you are able to do a credible performance and touch the audience.… — Timothy Hutton
For me, to be perfectly honest, the part of my brain that was stimulated by directing was much more exciting than a typical day of… — Misha Collins
As an actor, if you want to while shooting, you can run back to your trailer and take a nap. But you cannot do that… — Misha Collins
Directing is a unique endeavor where you are in charge of so many people. As a writer, it is sort of the opposite. — Drew Goddard
I have felt the inspiration of the living God directing me in my labors. — Heber J. Grant
Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music just really allowed… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Manchester Youth theater, then the National Student Theater Company, and later, my degree course, all helped form my love of telling stories and directing. — Justin Chadwick
After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work. — Jordi Molla
Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it. — Christopher McQuarrie

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