Directing Quote by David Farr Download Open image “Directing is extrovert and gregarious; writing is isolating, introverted, and lonely.” — David Farr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Directing Introverted Lonely Writing
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 Copy Share Image
Writing is close to acting. In directing, you control. Acting, you can't control how good you are, and you can't control how good you… — Elaine May Copy Share Image
Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process. — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
I think directing and writing are very different jobs. Obviously, directing is a more social and managerial job. The other thing about directing is… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set. — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
Writing is a creative art form and the acting and directing is more of an interpretive art form. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
For me, writing is a part of directing. It's the first stage of directing. — Ari Aster Copy Share Image
The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different. — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I only want to write. I don't care about directing, really. I've tried it, and it was fun, but it's not like I have… — Catherine O'Hara Copy Share Image
Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to actually creating… — Tamzin Merchant Copy Share Image
Most Robin Hood stories are not very exciting. There are not a lot of surprises. — David Farr Copy Share Image
Sometimes we don't want to be lectured; we prefer to be taken on a journey. — David Farr Copy Share Image
I think Le Carre is a great modernist writer, which is to say, in a godless world, he invokes deep, almost religious ideas of… — David Farr Copy Share Image
To try to convey literally what the Garden of Eden was like is meaningless. What matters is its symbolic function. — David Farr Copy Share Image
We don't live in vacuums; we do care about the world, and we do want to believe our country is doing the right thing… — David Farr Copy Share Image
The 'Ramayana' explores the limits of secular freedom and the limits of religion. — David Farr Copy Share Image
The forest has always been a place, in fairy tales and in Shakespeare, where you go and discover who you are. You get stripped… — David Farr Copy Share Image
The 'Mahabharata' is a more complex and longer saga than the 'Ramayana,' which is like a fairy tale. It's much lighter and more fun,… — David Farr Copy Share Image
I always just read the play and find a world. That world must honour the play, enhance it, and maybe shine some new light… — David Farr Copy Share Image
“I was ambitious and desperate to direct my first film, so I capitulated and blew it. Never again. Never fucking again.” — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
That's what I learned most about directing on my own - you've got to build a family, a filmmaking family. — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
I took on the role of CEO, which involves directing the Management Team and overall day-to-day operations of 500. — Christine Tsai Copy Share Image
The producing thing has come quite naturally to me. I feel like for directing, I would like to be more technically-savvy. I want to… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Directing films is easier said than done. The job needs a lot of sensibility to put many things in place. — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
I starred in a Broadway play that was Sidney Poitier's first directing job and the cast was Lou Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Diana Ladd and… — David Steinberg Copy Share Image
The hardest part about directing is getting everyone on the same page. — Rob Marshall Copy Share Image
In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role... if you are able to do a credible performance and touch the… — Timothy Hutton Copy Share Image
Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of… — Danielle Harris Copy Share Image
I am capable of directing, and I am good at that. In order to have longevity as actors, you have to keep changing it… — Kirsten Nelson Copy Share Image
Playing Isabella in 'Measure for Measure' pushed me to my limits. Janet Suzman was directing, and she was very hard on me. I went… — Michelle Dockery Copy Share Image
