Cinema Quote by Jean-Marc Vallee

Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.

— Steve Buscemi

I can't see myself being a television director unless it's for a two-hour movie.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I think when you're a director, it's hard to do something unless you're absolutely over-the-moon in love with it. The audience, they spend 90…

— Adam Green

You know, episodic TV directing is a very long and arduous job. You have very short schedules, short short shooting days, and you have…

— Katey Sagal

It's such a marathon making a film - two-and-a-half years, at least - and every day, you do something that in any other lifetime…

— Gareth Edwards

TV directing is fine because you can come in and do a TV show in a relatively short period of time, and that can…

— John Polson

Directing a film is a job? That's insane. I'm addicted now.

— Eva Victor

Well directing TV is very time-consuming, so if you are going to direct TV, a season will take a year out of your life.

— Steven Knight

A creative person can suddenly realize it's not 90 minutes. They haven't got to do three acts, they haven't got to do the arc,…

— Steven Knight

To be a showrunner and a director is beyond exhausting.

— Vikramaditya Motwane

After I directed for the first time, I wanted to call every director I'd ever worked with and apologize. In television you are tasked…

— Michelle MacLaren

The hardest part of directing is the choosing. Unlike an actor who can do a variety of work, it is a year of your…

— Tom Hooper