Design Quote by Paul Schrader

With directing, it's all out there, in the moment and in real-time. The pressure and all of the eyes are on you, and you've…

— Mara Brock Akil

There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but I know…

— Alan Ball

Directing takes a lot of time.

— Jeff Bridges

One of the hardest things about directing is just to be patient and remind yourself that you've been in Week 1 of a rehearsal…

— Laurie Metcalf

The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a whole team…

— David Morrissey

I was never nervous directing. Not once. I'm more nervous acting. I'm far more nervous on set, before I say my lines, than I…

— Rose McGowan

My directing style is long takes. The longer take I can do, the more I can think of not doing it in cuts, the…

— M. Night Shyamalan

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

My directing is really weird. Everything is based on whether it's working or not. I don't try to fix something if it's not working,…

— Joe Swanberg

Directing is a lot of fun, but you have to be on your toes every minute. If you zone out for even a second,…

— Misha Collins

Directing is a very all-consuming job. What you want to do there, as you're coming down the final road, is to just sit back…

— David Shore

Directing is a mixture of compromise and perfectionism. When you lose the judgment of which is more important at any particular moment, you're time…

— Danny Boyle