Direct Quote by Curtis Hanson

When I started acting, I did many films without even an idea of what the script was about. The film would start, and then…

— Mohanlal

Well, obviously I was excited by the idea that Woody Allen was going to direct it. But at the same time, the script itself…

— Radha Mitchell

I wanted to direct long before I'd even written a screenplay.

— Peter Hedges

The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

— Steven Spielberg

In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just going to…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I got involved in script development from the beginning. It was nice to see how a film gets made right from the beginning. It…

— Dougray Scott

I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.

— Domhnall Gleeson

Sometimes you get the luxury of having a script for a really long time, and you can get to talk with the director or…

— Jasmine Cephas Jones

I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have…

— William H. Macy

I guess the idea of not wanting to choose to direct a film, for which I've not read a script. It's a tough decision…

— J. J. Abrams

Any good movie or script usually, if they're doing their job, gives the highest platform possible for an actor to leap off of, and…

— Justin Theroux

Never take no for an answer. It took me 20 years between the time I wrote my first screenplay and the time I actually…

— Julie Delpy