Directing Quote by Marielle Heller

Directing was rarely a thought in my head growing up. Especially not when I first began acting or working on my first professional sets.

— Noah Centineo

I was already interested in directing when I was very young. I knew that was something I was going to be doing.

— Rob Reiner

I learned directing by editing because I saw all the mistakes I had made.

— Julie Delpy

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

— Kathryn Bigelow

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

When I first started directing, I could have chosen a more lucrative path, with sitcoms and things like that. But I knew enough after…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.

— Sydney Pollack

I discovered that my biggest passion was for directing, so in making opportunity for myself, I found what I like doing the best.

— Frankie Shaw

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

Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.

— Martin Donovan

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

— Sondra Locke

In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just going to…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood