Amount Quote by William H. Macy

Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well.

— Harrison Ford

Directing takes a lot of time.

— Jeff Bridges

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 a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain…

— Charlie Kaufman

Directing is a very, very difficult job.

— Barun Sobti

Directing? It's an appealing thought, but as far as I can tell, it's a lot of work. Producing is easier. You can tell someone…

— Timothy Olyphant

Directing is a unique endeavor where you are in charge of so many people. As a writer, it is sort of the opposite.

— Drew Goddard

Directing is a mixture of compromise and perfectionism. When you lose the judgment of which is more important at any particular moment, you're time…

— Danny Boyle

I think people forget that a lot of directing is just real management of the size of a production.

— Gavid Hood

Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great!

— Michael Bay

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as…

— Drew Goddard

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

— Sean Penn