Behinds Quote by Eric Balfour

There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think…

— Emilio Estevez

One thing that is true in TV is that you do hire the directors. As the writer, it's very different than in features, where…

— Zak Penn

I've always looked at directing as the next step for me in my creative career, and after spending the better part of the last…

— Ian Anthony Dale

I really enjoy directing television because you get to work in so many different genres and with different people.

— Tony Goldwyn

I intend to do more directing TV.

— Bryan Cranston

Television is an excellent training ground for a director. If you work consistently in television, as I did, you have to come in on…

— Bill Duke

TV directing is fine because you can come in and do a TV show in a relatively short period of time, and that can…

— John Polson

I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated. And there's so much more responsibility…

— Jason Bateman

Here's the thing: I come from a filmmaking background, so this concept of sort of overseeing a television show but not directing was, in…

— Justin Simien

If you're directing, it doesn't really matter any more if it's going straight to TV - what matters is whether you have the resources…

— Cary Fukunaga

First of all, directing was the most incredible experience. When you run a television show, directing is something that not many people actually get…

— J.H. Wyman

I've been really lucky to work with some really great film people in the past, but television works on a much quicker schedule, and…

— Michael Weatherly