Disturb Quote by Diego Luna

Directing is like guitar playing. That's a unique mind-set and talent, unto itself. I like the idea of putting everything together to make a…

— Slash

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

I think directing is part play, part work, not just all work, because I think you always have to play. I think that's ultimately…

— Marc Forster

Directing is much more psychological-it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have…

— Julie Taymor

Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.

— Stanley Tucci

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

Actually I have to say when I'm acting, I try not to think about directing at all.

— Renee O'Connor

That's what interests me about film: directing.

— Jason Robards

Directing is monumentally complicated and it's a function of all the time you pay to it. I think it would be great to do…

— Ben Affleck

With directing, you've got to find something and drag it up from its inception, and I'm at the early stages of doing that again.…

— Dexter Fletcher

With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Because it is their medium.…

— Annette Bening

Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open.

— Rian Johnson