"Good directing is about getting the performance to……" — Roland Joffe

More Directing Quotes

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• I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just… — Kevin Bacon
• Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable. — Alan Ball
• There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I… — Alan Ball
• Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor. — Jason Bateman
• Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual,… — Annie Besant
• When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process. — Cate Blanchett
• Directing takes a lot of time. — Jeff Bridges
• I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving… — Jeff Bridges
• Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position… — Albert Brooks
• I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials. — Alton Brown
• Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days. — Steve Buscemi
• I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write. — Steve Buscemi

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