Cinema Quote by Jeff Perry

After working for a while, I realized that acting was only satisfying about 30 percent of what interested me about the filmmaking process. Somewhere…

— Brady Corbet

For the longest time I was contemplating on becoming a writer-director. But somewhere between the age of 18 and 21, I decided to do…

— Harshvardhan Kapoor

I never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned anything; I never went…

— Olivier Megaton

I've worked with more than 50 directors and I've paid attention since day one. That's pretty much been my education, apart from studying art…

— Tommy Lee Jones

It's advice I always give to directors when they're starting out: Take an acting class to really see what it feels like to be…

— Marielle Heller

I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general.

— Joe Swanberg

I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor.

— Russell Crowe

From my earliest days as an actress, I had always been drawn to learning the director's job.

— Sondra Locke

I think of myself more as a director than as an actress. But I do like to perform and express myself in different ways,…

— Nadine Labaki

I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me…

— Alain Resnais

I've learned from every director I've worked with. Everybody's style is very different, and I always say that being an actor is the best…

— Lake Bell

I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.

— Chris Lowell