Acting Quote by Michael Caine

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

A good director is very well prepared, and knows exactly how he's going to cut the film, so the shooting is as efficient as…

— William H. Macy

Every single director stops at the moment he thinks he has the shot. Sometimes, directors shoot an establishing shot where everything is in the…

— Javier Camara

Directing takes a good chunk of your life out. It's a very hard thing. As an actor, you go in for a couple of…

— Billy Bob Thornton

A director should be in a position where he is only directing. On the sets, he is only looking at the performances, thinking 'How…

— Rajkumar Hirani

A director's job is to make something happen and it doesn't happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people, you tell…

— James Cameron

Whatever it takes, the job of the director is to be the leader and to get your actors where they need to go. That's…

— Shawn Levy

It doesn't matter who's directing, or who's doing the movie; there are a ton of things that can go wrong, and they do all…

— Rutger Hauer

As a director, your job is to make sure no one for any reason is taken out of the film. Sometimes it's impossible and…

— Cary Fukunaga

I think that's the key to being a director: to be able to get the shot and move on quickly.

— Bobby Farrelly

I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.

— Jacqueline Bisset