Able Quote by Jane Campion

You know, what is so curious about being a director is that you never get on anybody else's set and see how they do…

— Niki Caro

I think, to be a director, sometimes you need to have certain hunches - you have to believe in some gut feeling.

— Wong Kar-wai

As a director you want to show the truth of people and sometimes that's unflattering, or it's not something that people want to see.

— Julian Jarrold

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

— Paddy Considine

Being the director is really something. It's a statement of something and you have to stand up for that. Okay, this is what I…

— Mathieu Demy

When I'm a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It's somebody else up there, an actor playing a…

— Clint Eastwood

So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting people who…

— Lynn Shelton

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do…

— Stanley Tucci

I've always wanted to be a director; it's just how my mind has always worked. If I hear music, I see music videos and…

— Noel Wells

As a director, you always want things to look good. You're always trying to make things look tidy. That's what we're all trained to…

— Declan Lowney

I’ve had unsatisfying experiences, but mostly it’s about communication, which is why I make an effort to talk to the director beforehand to make…

— Martin Starr

Ultimately, I prefer being in front of the camera. I didn't train to be a director and my eye on it is purely a…

— Adrian Lester