Act Quote by James Watkins

Directing is a way of looking at something and then communicating it.

— Elaine May

Directing is a mixture of compromise and perfectionism. When you lose the judgment of which is more important at any particular moment, you're time…

— Danny Boyle

First of all, directing is an idea that you have of a total flow of images that are going on, which are incidentally actors,…

— Abraham Polonsky

Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain…

— Charlie Kaufman

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

— Sean Penn

To make what you have in your head, I think that's what directing is.

— Julie Delpy

I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process.

— Danny Strong

Directing is a unique endeavor where you are in charge of so many people. As a writer, it is sort of the opposite.

— Drew Goddard

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

— Atom Egoyan

Directing is a constant test of your communicative powers. You're constantly trying to explain people your vision of what you want and steer these…

— Tom Hanks

Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.

— Maximilian Schell

I love to direct! I get really jazzed by directing, but directing is not the same kind of personal expression, the same kind of…

— Alan Ball