Actors Quote by Matt Smith

I definitely managed to do different kinds of things. My focus is usually who the director is, because at the end of the day…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're…

— Jonah Hill

I thought about being an actor, and I thought about directing, but writing truly became something I needed to do just to stay sane.

— Marti Noxon

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

— Gillian Anderson

When the director narrates the story, I try to understand how he wants me to do my role and I try to deliver that.

— Rao Ramesh

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

That's what interests me about film: directing.

— Jason Robards

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

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head…

— Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

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

— Martin Donovan

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good…

— Kevin Spacey

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