Backgrounds Quote by Hayao Miyazaki

I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working.

— Carrie Mae Weems

Directing is so dope to me, man, 'cause it doesn't necessarily have to be your material. You're making someone else's material come to life.…

— Lil Rel Howery

With directing, you always have three or four things constantly on the go. It's a tough industry and a tough time, particularly if you're…

— Stuart Townsend

My approach to directing is to not do very much directing. I'm mainly interested in what the creative group individually and together are thinking.

— Alex Garland

I do like directing other people's material.

— Brian De Palma

With directing, you've got to find something and drag it up from its inception, and I'm at the early stages of doing that again.…

— Dexter Fletcher

Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.

— Xander Berkeley

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.

— Cate Blanchett

I think directing is a huge responsibility and it's not something where you can just be like, "Yeah, sure, I'll give it a go!"…

— Josh Hutcherson

The directing thing, to do it well, I think you have to have a hell of a lot more discipline than I do, or…

— Janeane Garofalo

My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the audience to look at various parts of the frame. And that…

— Walter Murch

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process…

— Diego Luna