Directing Quote by Robert Zemeckis Download Open image “Good directing is good writing and good casting.” — Robert Zemeckis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Directing Good Good writing Writing
I like acting better than anything else, but, you know, directing's good. — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
Directing is like cooking, it's like cuisine. You cannot make a great dish with bad ingredients. I have great actors, and I'm putting them… — Louis Leterrier Copy Share Image
Writing has made me a better actor. Acting has made me a better writer. So why wouldn't directing make me a better actor and… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, whether directing in the theatre or a film, you have to be a good storyteller, regardless of the form. The thing I had… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing. — Mackenzie Astin Copy Share Image
I keep saying this, but the most important part of directing is casting, and the rest of it is pretty easy. — Max Winkler Copy Share Image
Not write, maybe develop. Direct, sure. As an actor, you work on so many films, you sort of start to see who directs well… — Scott Eastwood Copy Share Image
Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven. — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
I think the only directing I'd be any good at is theatre directing. It's the only thing I can see myself doing. — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works. — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' and 'Used Cars' were absolute failures at the box office. Complete disasters. I learned some sad news: it's not… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
From where I sit, I see the digital cinema creating sloppiness on the part of filmmakers because they know if they really get in… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
The thing that's interesting about wire walking is that we never get to see it other than looking up. It's like a circus thing.… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
I'm very concerned that we don't make movies that are original anymore. — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
Most actors that I work with are wonderful. Jodie Foster or Tom Hanks will make anything work. — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
I'm really tired of making these huge, over-$100 million movies where they literally mean life and death for a studio. It's really rough making… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
Because movies have gotten so expensive, and they're so expensive to market, that means that for a movie to break even or to make… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
In the next couple of years, part of every film's process is going to be to adjust the images. And it'll be to change… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
When they invented the Steadicam, every movie had to have a fight in a stairwell. Whenever there's a new thing, it's abused until artists… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
“I was ambitious and desperate to direct my first film, so I capitulated and blew it. Never again. Never fucking again.” — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
That's what I learned most about directing on my own - you've got to build a family, a filmmaking family. — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
I took on the role of CEO, which involves directing the Management Team and overall day-to-day operations of 500. — Christine Tsai Copy Share Image
The producing thing has come quite naturally to me. I feel like for directing, I would like to be more technically-savvy. I want to… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Directing films is easier said than done. The job needs a lot of sensibility to put many things in place. — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
I starred in a Broadway play that was Sidney Poitier's first directing job and the cast was Lou Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Diana Ladd and… — David Steinberg Copy Share Image
The hardest part about directing is getting everyone on the same page. — Rob Marshall Copy Share Image
In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role... if you are able to do a credible performance and touch the… — Timothy Hutton Copy Share Image
Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of… — Danielle Harris Copy Share Image
I am capable of directing, and I am good at that. In order to have longevity as actors, you have to keep changing it… — Kirsten Nelson Copy Share Image
Playing Isabella in 'Measure for Measure' pushed me to my limits. Janet Suzman was directing, and she was very hard on me. I went… — Michelle Dockery Copy Share Image
