Able Quote by Tim Robbins

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

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

First of all, directing is an idea that you have of a total flow of images that are going on, which are incidentally actors,…

— Abraham Polonsky

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

Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.

— Sydney Pollack

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

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

— Sean Penn

Directing a film is a lot of work.

— Fred Durst

To make what you have in your head, I think that's what directing is.

— Julie Delpy

Directing a film is a lot of physical work.

— Sajid Nadiadwala

With directing, you always have three or four things constantly on the go. It's a tough industry and a tough time, particularly if you're…

— Stuart Townsend

Directing is much more psychological-it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have…

— Julie Taymor