Directing Quotes

I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people.

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie. It's not the same form of expression as a talkie. The lack of sounds makes you participate in the storytelling.

Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier.

It's such a strange combination that I'd be unhappy to make anything like that without Landis directing.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want.

I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't.

Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.

In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier.

The hardest part of directing is the choosing. Unlike an actor who can do a variety of work, it is a year of your life, you can't afford to get it wrong.

But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice beautiful material on the altar of my direction.

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism; the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.

I know it's good when I see a smaller film get recognized because it means more publicity for them. When you start producing and directing the movies become a little more like your children.

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.

We're doing a workshop over the first two weeks of December, I believe, with Graciella Daniele directing it.

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.

I love directing - it's always so involving, so challenging.

Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.

Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting.

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.

How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.

Well you know, Woody doesn't rehearse, as opposed to my own method of directing where I really work with actors around a round table for weeks, examining the values of the material, so his technique is very different.

Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don't really want to learn any other part of it, or they would. Directing and producing and putting a show together is very creative, for me.

I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.