Acting Quote by Noah Centineo

Somehow I had a lot of the skills that I didn't know were required for directing. I didn't realize that my life had been…

— Marielle Heller

The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began to write…

— Charles Martin Smith

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

— Rob Reiner

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

Actually I have to say when I'm acting, I try not to think about directing at all.

— Renee O'Connor

I had taken a directing class in high school. Looking back on it now, I think it was all heading that way.

— Michael Arden

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

— Sydney Pollack

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.

— Peter Jackson

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

I've always been interested in directing. I started acting when I was thirteen years old, so I've had some desire to do something else…

— Ethan Hawke

Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college…

— David Schwimmer