Block Quote by Harold Ramis

I thought a director was like a pillow who sat under the writer, supporting them and submitting to their vision. It took me a…

— John Tiffany

As a director you have to be at 30,000 ft objectively looking at everything, wondering if you're making the right objective, emotional, story, character…

— Alex Kurtzman

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision,…

— Donnie Yen

My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to…

— Melissa Rosenberg

As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're…

— Jonah Hill

The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.

— Atom Egoyan

Writers are first directors. When directing our own scripts, we would have a better vision and clarity than directing the stories penned by others.…

— Anil Ravipudi

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

Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue…

— B. J. Novak

A good writer takes time to go in-depth into a subject and then comes out with a good script. Then it's the job of…

— Johnny Lever

You can write anything you want on paper, like blowing up the bridge on the River Kwai, but when you actually have to do…

— Brian Helgeland

Once you're directing, you're kind of in a certain mode, where you're taking whatever is on the page and forming it into the film…

— Gus Van Sant