Directing Quote by Marielle Heller

Writing and directing just sort of fell into my lap.

— John Krasinski

I wanted to express myself more fully through writing and directing. It just feels like a package deal. Anytime you create anything, you try…

— Martin Donovan

I spent most of my 20s working as an actor. I started writing and directing because I was frustrated with the types of roles…

— Marielle Heller

“Sometimes, I think I have made you up just to torture myself—and there are other times that I know you must be real because…

— Amy A. Bartol

The prospect of being able to work on a Kaufman film with him directing was just too good to be true.

— Elijah Wood

I would love to start directing. I just hope to find the right thing and, if I was afforded the opportunity, I think it…

— Josh Peck

In a lot of movies, honestly, the directors don't talk to you that much. Maybe they say, "Faster, slower," whatever. Sometimes they give you…

— John Turturro

The things I want to focus on are music, writing, directing, and developing stuff.

— Finn Wolfhard

All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality…

— Paul Schrader

I'm going to be writing and directing my own videos, and performing in them too, and I'm super-excited about it.

— Mikey Day

Acting is the most pure fun as far as jobs go, but it can be limiting in terms of freedom of expression. You are…

— David Hayter

I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love…

— Shane Carruth