Directing Quote by Genndy Tartakovsky Download Open image “To me, storytelling is a mystery. Especially when you're directing.” — Genndy Tartakovsky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Directing Me Mystery Storytelling
I always want to be telling stories in whatever fashion I can, and directing is really just understanding and learning a different element of… — Allison Mack Copy Share Image
Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else. — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
I've been acting for twenty-two years. And I love film so much and I love the whole process of making film, this is just… — Allison Mack Copy Share Image
Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story. — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
Storytelling is all about using the imagination, for me at least it is. That's why I'm bored sometimes to see movies. I'm bored to… — Peter Stormare Copy Share Image
Storytelling is storytelling. You still play by the same narrative rules. The technology is completely different. I don't use one piece of technology that… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Even in traditional filmmaking, you're always trying to find novel ways of telling stories, and this is different. — Rick Heinrichs Copy Share Image
Some directors can tell stories and it becomes very intimate and small, and it's almost like a secret. Some directors have the gift of… — Noomi Rapace Copy Share Image
I like directing much better. It's more fun, that's all there is to it. It's essentially the same job, which is storytelling, but you… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I love the way the long scenes feel - one of the characteristics of '70s filmmaking is that you don't cut around a lot;… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
In feature animation, cartoony or exaggerated animation is almost taboo. There is this precedent that if you do that kind of stuff people won't… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
I've always felt that kids are a lot smarter than we've given them credit for, but we've never given them a chance to figure… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
One night I was sick and I watched the old black and white 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers.' And it freaked me out. — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
I have been very fortunate for the most part of my career when it comes to support and trust. — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
If you don't believe your general, you're not going to go into battle knowing you're going to die. — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
If you look back at Disney's 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' or 'Pocahontas,' animated films were trying to get more and more real before… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
I try not to be in my head too much, I just try to do what feels right. — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
For me, CG tends to feel watered down and it becomes cold because it's so perfect. — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
Stories are important, but I'm really into characters, and if you can give birth to a good one, that's true success. — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
I'm not sure comics sustain mortgage, and the house, and three kids. — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing… — John Ford 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
Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position and made him eat… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
When I see my movies on the editing table, I do think I could have done them a certain way. The satisfaction is never… — Sajid Nadiadwala Copy Share Image
For me the dream is the freedom to make all the crazy ideas I have in my head into movies. I truly love directing… — Nicholas Ozeki 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
