Big Quote by Karyn Kusama

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

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

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.

— Cate Blanchett

I don't want to sound arrogant and say that I know everything about directing and I've got it cracked, but it was just all…

— Dan Mazer

The directing thing, to do it well, I think you have to have a hell of a lot more discipline than I do, or…

— Janeane Garofalo

I think directing is a huge responsibility and it's not something where you can just be like, "Yeah, sure, I'll give it a go!"…

— Josh Hutcherson

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

Directing is a constant test of your communicative powers. You're constantly trying to explain people your vision of what you want and steer these…

— Tom Hanks

Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.

— Maximilian Schell

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

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

— Samuthirakani