Direct Quote by Garry Marshall

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

— Ava DuVernay

I'd love to be a director-for-hire and get a nice paycheck and captain one of those big ships, but I think studios mistakenly think…

— Alexander Payne

When I work, I'm the actor. I'm going to do my job. I'm not going to direct the movie. If I wanted to direct…

— Tom Cruise

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

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

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

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the…

— Jodie Foster

Directing a film is a lot of work.

— Fred Durst

In my career, I've said 'no' many times. I am often offered to direct a film from someone else's screenplay.

— Alice Rohrwacher

Directing a movie is a little bit like being back in student government and putting on the homecoming dance. You're like, 'You put up…

— Mike Birbiglia

I still don't know much about directing a movie.

— Jason Alexander

Directing is like cooking, it's like cuisine. You cannot make a great dish with bad ingredients. I have great actors, and I'm putting them…

— Louis Leterrier