Act Quote by James Watkins Download Open image “Directing is an act of interpretation.” — James Watkins ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Act Directing Interpretation
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different. — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set. — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you think about the traditional mafia stories we grew up on, it is always about the death of criminal organisations - things like… — James Watkins Copy Share Image
The opportunity to be able to tell long-form character stories is something that TV affords and is therefore a terrain that a lot of… — James Watkins Copy Share Image
We want 'McMafia' to be a tense gangster story but also a family story. It's a collusion of those two worlds. — James Watkins Copy Share Image
We think criminality is something that exists in somehow another world to us. But actually, there is an invisible criminal web in which we… — James Watkins Copy Share Image
As a screenwriter, you are so used to things going in directions that you wouldn't have taken, so to be able to say, 'This… — James Watkins Copy Share Image
Parents fear for their children. Absolutely, I think it's a deep and troubling theme to explore. — James Watkins Copy Share Image
There are a lot of horror films out there that are nasty, but what's nasty isn't necessarily scary. — James Watkins Copy Share Image
If you look at 'The Sopranos,' there's this notion of a criminal element on its last legs. — James Watkins Copy Share Image
If you look around in London, there is a lot of dirty money. People see it as a safe haven: a bolthole to rely… — James Watkins Copy Share Image
Television is ever more ambitious, more akin to the Victorian novel with multiple narratives and more discursive material. — James Watkins Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
“I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
People take years learning how to act; it's a skill, not just a job. If I tried it out and thought I'd be OK,… — Travis Fimmel Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for… — Gary Ryan Blair Copy Share Image
“Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know. Open your eyes to the truth. It’s… — Vashti Quiroz-Vega Copy Share Image
I always advise people not to act upon the advice that I give them. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
On 'Workaholics,' I feel like I'm just hanging out with my buddies being filmed, but on 'Mindy,' I'm around professional funny people who act.… — Anders Holm Copy Share Image
