Bring Quote by Lisa Joy

I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies.

— Bret Easton Ellis

Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed.

— Gillian Anderson

I'm not an art director; I'm just not. I've always been somebody who has a sensibility that I hope is the same sensibility of…

— Frank Oz

Some directors don't get involved in the cinematography and are just about story, but I'm definitely more tactile than that in terms of my…

— Cary Fukunaga

As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into…

— Griffin Dunne

I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process.

— Danny Strong

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

— Dustin Hoffman

My sensibility is such that I automatically get drawn to films that have a good story, good characterization.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

Directing was a natural thing for me. Actually, it was far less stressful directing than being the lead actor. I was able to have…

— Michael Jai White

I've directed things that other people have written before, and I've written things and given them to other directors. So I'm very versatile in…

— Ryan Coogler

Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story.

— Matt Smith

I started directing out of necessity, the first play I wrote in college because I didn't know anyone who could direct it.

— Conor McPherson