Ifs Quote by Joe Swanberg

Directing is a very exhausting and painful experience. I have seen that pain and know what it can do to you.

— Samuthirakani

There's something wrong - the performance, the weather, the set design, the lighting. Something is not working. And so you say, "Give me 10…

— Paul Schrader

I do have weird habits when I'm directing, or even think as a director, like when I move a cup, I make sure to…

— Neal Brennan

When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot.

— Adam Rapp

With directing, you have to know what you're doing, but you have to actually be able to control what's going on.

— Joe Hahn

I'm definitely moving more towards directing now.

— Andy Serkis

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

Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

With directing, you've got to find something and drag it up from its inception, and I'm at the early stages of doing that again.…

— Dexter Fletcher

It's extremely instructive to realize that you cannot do everything. You need to delegate, to find experts, to consult with them. A big part…

— Karyn Kusama

You need to see yourself in what you direct, I think - directing is quite self-indulgent from that point of view.

— Marianne Elliott

With directing, you always have three or four things constantly on the go. It's a tough industry and a tough time, particularly if you're…

— Stuart Townsend