Moment Quote by Sean Baker

I feel very strongly as a writer and as a director it is not my job to crush the audience's imagination.

— Sam Levinson

As an actor, it's hard to direct because, suddenly, you're not around. The thing which I hate about directing is the waiting game, but…

— Danny Huston

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

I don't want to sound arrogant and say that I know everything about directing and I've got it cracked, but it was just all…

— Dan Mazer

When I see the work of other directors, I feel inspired.

— Kabir Khan

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

— Renee O'Connor

You need to see yourself in what you direct, I think - directing is quite self-indulgent from that point of view.

— Marianne Elliott

I have no style. There are certain people who just have a visual sense that defines their work. You could probably watch 30 seconds…

— J. J. Abrams

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

Insofar as I'm good at directing, it's because I've become a writer.

— David Hare

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head…

— Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.

— Stanley Tucci