Art Quote by Jason Blum

I don't think there is any one route to directing.... Other than that I think you just have to think 'By any means possible'…

— Mary Harron

There is a variety of different kind of producers. I'm a very hands-on, creative producer. I find material that I think would make a…

— Nina Jacobson

You can take your life into your own hands in terms of directing. There are ways for you to finance yourself and to write…

— Lee Grant

Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm kind of…

— John Landis

Try to produce your own films, avoid directing for hire.

— Atom Egoyan

Directing takes a good chunk of your life out. It's a very hard thing. As an actor, you go in for a couple of…

— Billy Bob Thornton

Television is an excellent training ground for a director. If you work consistently in television, as I did, you have to come in on…

— Bill Duke

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a…

— Peter Hedges

Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.

— Chris Messina

There are all kinds of directors I want to work with and all kinds of films that I want to do.

— Boyd Holbrook

Making movies is a lot like being a construction worker. There are long intense stretches of work followed by nothing. It's not easy to…

— Robert Schenkkan

The first thing I say when people ask what's the difference [between doing TV and film], is that film has an ending and TV…

— Jason Reitman