Day Quote by Tamzin Merchant

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell…

— Mike White

I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing…

— Mike Mills

The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began to write…

— Charles Martin Smith

I still see acting, writing and directing as the same impulse: How can you help each story to the best of your ability?

— Fred Hechinger

I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love…

— Shane Carruth

I've always wanted to write, I've always wanted to direct. The conscious decision was always to not be an actor.

— Sam Levinson

As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're…

— Jonah Hill

When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be pulled into…

— James Franco

Becoming a writer, and then a director, was taking my creative life in my own hands, and wanting to have stories that I wanted…

— Marielle Heller

Writing is a creative art form and the acting and directing is more of an interpretive art form.

— Clint Eastwood

Since I started, like, 200 years ago, I've always wanted to direct and write. But I've been so busy - and fortunate and lucky…

— Peter Stormare

With directing, you have to wake up early, which stinks, but you get to hang out with the crew, you're laughing, you're active, and…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino