Directing Quote by Fede Alvarez

From my vantage point in writing a story, I can't and don't and have no interest in thinking about the level of sophistication of…

— Charlie Kaufman

You're only making movies for two reasons: Because you have something to say or because you want to entertain people.

— Danis Tanovic

When you're writing, it's all up to you, and you don't have to make any compromises. And when you're directing, there's this intense pleasure…

— Henry Selick

With directing, you have to wake up early, which stinks, but you get to hang out with the crew, you're laughing, you're active, and…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

Writing a screenplay is an act of faith. First, that it's interesting enough that anyone would want to make it. Secondly, that anybody would…

— Leigh Whannell

The level of control, that's part of what's so appealing about filmmaking - you have so much control over what the reader, the viewer,…

— Miranda July

Yeah, the main goal when I'm writing [movie scripts] is to entertain myself. It's supposed to be funny, but then a funny idea can…

— Quentin Dupieux

Movies are explorations; they take you on a path, and I think it's always better if it's a path that you don't know, that…

— Olivier Assayas

It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films,…

— Guy Ritchie

Like every novelist, I fantasise about film. Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when…

— John le Carre

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

Our job as directors is to entertain an audience, it's not just to do it for the director. You might as well sit in…

— Frank Oz