Directing Quotes

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.

I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.

I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing.

So I wanted to explore all points of view of that, not just the girl's but his point of view as well. Only by directing it could I explore all the points of view.

You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script the night before shooting started.

I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking.

Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

Directing a movie is serious, it's not a joke.

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.

I love the incredible variety of demands directing makes on you, from the entrepreneur to the hustler to the deal-maker to the writer; to directing actors and the camera and working with music, sound, marketing and promotion. It uses so many sides of your brain.

I find directing more satisfying.

I'm just ah, actually developing a tv show for HBO, and I'm directing a film this summer, and actually I'm doing some live shows out in western Canada.

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.

Directing is: you're overwhelmed the whole time. Your mind never stops. If you care about it. You wake up in the morning and you begin thinking about it and then you go to sleep at night and you're still thinking about it.

There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.

I've been writing a lot, I've a few projects I'm trying to finance, I do some acting, I do some directing... Apart from that, if I could get lower that a ten handicap on my golf game I'd be thrilled.

I committed to directing 'Catch Me If You Can' not because of the divorce component, but principally because Frank Abagnale did things that were the most astonishing scams I had ever heard.

I have no interest in directing. I'd be a bad director.

The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.

The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.

I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.

I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can.

I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.

So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things.

Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie.

The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen.