Believe Quote by Renny Harlin

With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Because it is their medium.…

— Annette Bening

Very quickly I realized that directing is a combination of things: It's visual, it's directing the actors, it's telling a story. And people don't…

— Julie Delpy

Directing is like guitar playing. That's a unique mind-set and talent, unto itself. I like the idea of putting everything together to make a…

— Slash

I keep saying this, but the most important part of directing is casting, and the rest of it is pretty easy.

— Max Winkler

I think directing is part play, part work, not just all work, because I think you always have to play. I think that's ultimately…

— Marc Forster

The concept of making a movie in which the director dictates is kind of exotic - and absolutely not truthful. Directing means allowing a…

— Luca Guadagnino

When you're writing, it's all up to you, and you don't have to make any compromises. And when you're directing, there's this intense pleasure…

— Henry Selick

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

Directing is kind of like acting through other people. You see moments and you see things and if you don't see the actors hit…

— Malik Yoba

Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes…

— Melissa Rosenberg

I think with any movie, directing is more in the preparation. You just have to prepare for everything that's going to happen.

— Robert Ben Garant

Directing a movie precludes me from being involved in any greater way. But, the job was never to do more, it was always to…

— J. J. Abrams