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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.
Mark Rydell
Work
You
Values
Own
Table
Examining
Directing
My Own
Weeks
Know
Well
Around
Material
Opposed
Method
His
Very
Where
Different
Woody
Really
Rehearse
Round
Actor
Technique
When I'm directing actors, I often find myself slipping in sports metaphors, like: 'Don't go for the punch line here, just put it up on a T-ball stand so she can hit it out of the park.'
Mark Waters
Myself
Sports
Punch
Punch Line
Slipping
Out
Find
Directing
Park
Put
Like
She
Metaphors
Go
Line
Up
Hit
Often
Just
Stand
Actor
Here
My first inkling that I might have a yen for directing came when I realized I enjoyed creating plays for my various sports teams more than I actually liked playing the game.
Mark Waters
Game
Sports
First
Directing
More
Various
Liked
Came
Than
Might
Realized
Creating
Teams
Actually
Enjoyed
Playing
Plays
Once I went to film school, I realized that film directing was actually much better than theater directing, because you kind of get to stay in control of it all the way through. You don't relinquish the piece to the actors like you have to in theater; you stay in control through the very end.
Mark Waters
You
Better
School
Control
Once
Way
Kind
Stay
Relinquish
Directing
Through
Like
Piece
Because
End
Very
Than
Get
Theater
Realized
Much
Film
Actor
Actually
Film School
Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known. There is no doubt in my mind that she will not be doing any more concerts. Of course, she still will be making records and starring and directing in movies.
Marvin Hamlisch
People
Mind
Will
Doubt
No Doubt
Directing
More
Records
Most
She
Known
Course
Concerts
Without
Making
Still
Doing
Any
Movies
Barbra Streisand
Ever
Streisand
Honest
Honest People
I think one day I want to be on the other side of the camera-maybe directing.
Mary-Kate Olsen
Day
Think
Other
Side
One Day
Directing
Want
Since I was a child, I've liked telling stories. Maybe because my father's a director, I grew up loving stories. I'm not good at spinning them at a dinner table because I do go on a bit, but I love writing them, and directing is just a way of editing the story.
Mary Stuart Masterson
Love
Good
Director
Writing
Editing
Father
Dinner
Way
Bit
Telling
Dinner Table
Table
Spinning
Directing
Since
Liked
Because
Go
Up
Child
Maybe
Just
Grew
Stories
Story
Loving
Them
I think what makes a good actor's director is somebody who understands what I'm doing and is respectful of it, but who also has a vision and is directing me toward their vision in a way that feels productive.
Matt Damon
Good
Me
Director
Vision
Somebody
Think
Way
Respectful
Directing
Toward
Feels
Also
Makes
Understands
Doing
Productive
Who
Actor
Directing myself definitely made me a better actor. And, you know, I think actors have the best track record when they turn to directing. Writers, too. I knew how to direct actors because I've been there and I know what I like.
Matt Dillon
Best
Myself
Me
You
Better
Made
Think
Too
Definitely
Record
Direct
Directing
Better Actor
Writers
Knew
Like
Know
Track
Track Record
Because
How
Been
Turn
Actor
I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.
Matthew Gray Gubler
Music
Videos
Music Videos
Directing
Studied
Documentaries
Sort
Prior
Were
Done
Acting
Things
Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.
Maximilian Schell
You
Woman
Meeting
Strikes
Something
Directing
Like
Know
Go
Just
Then
Her
The thing about acting that's unlike any other art form is that it's collaborative; directing and acting are a collaboration, and your acting won't succeed if the lighting design doesn't succeed or sets don't succeed.
Maya Hawke
Art
Design
Sets
Other
Unlike
Collaboration
Collaborative
About
Directing
Lighting
Art Form
Any
Form
Succeed
Acting
Your
Thing
I got the acting bug back because I felt like all of a sudden maybe after all these years, maybe I might have something to offer again. I walked away from it after 'Signs' because I just felt I was a bit stale and it wasn't ringing my bells, so I focused on directing, writing and producing.
Mel Gibson
Writing
Signs
Back
Bit
Focused
Ringing
Something
Directing
Like
Bug
Because
Felt
Got
Years
Walked
Offer
Maybe
Just
After
Again
Stale
Might
Producing
Acting
Sudden
Away
Bells
My two favorite parts of what I do are definitely writing the music and then writing and directing the videos to support each song. As well as doing my own makeup and styling for the videos.
Melanie Martinez
Music
Song
Writing
Videos
Own
Definitely
Favorite
Directing
My Own
Support
Well
Parts
Styling
Makeup
Doing
Then
Each
Two
I don't think I'm great at acting. I think I'm great at directing.
Melissa Joan Hart
Great
Think
Directing
Acting
I found that the same things I loved about performing were the things I liked about directing and creating a piece - striking a chord that was in tune with the world and was reflecting back what I saw, just from a different angle.
Michael Arden
World
Back
Saw
Striking
About
Angle
Directing
Performing
Liked
Piece
Were
Reflecting
Same
Just
Same Things
Different
Loved
Tune
Creating
Chord
Found
Things
I had taken a directing class in high school. Looking back on it now, I think it was all heading that way.
Michael Arden
Class
School
Looking
Looking Back
Think
Back
Way
High
High School
Directing
Had
Taken
Heading
Now
Definitely, as I get older and my taste buds change, I want to do different things. I'm not ready for directing yet, you know, maybe when I get my big boy voice; I don't have that yet, but right now definitely producing for sure.
Michael B. Jordan
You
Change
Big
Older
Definitely
Directing
Voice
Know
Buds
Sure
Boy
Ready
Get
Taste
Maybe
Different
Want
Producing
Different Things
Now
Right
Things
Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance.
Michael Douglas
You
Directing
Performance
Talent
Like
Know
Very
Front
Actor
I would love to direct but I feel like directing is a whole separate craft and so I tend to respect it as a separate craft that I would need to study first. So, right now I'm still trying to do certain things as an actor and until I get bored of that or I feel completely fed by that then I'll move into directing.
Michael Ealy
Love
Respect
First
Would
Bored
Direct
Directing
Tend
Fed
Study
Feel
Like
Until
Still
Get
Trying
Craft
Move
Then
Certain
Separate
Certain Things
Whole
Now
Actor
Right
Things
Need
Directing was a natural thing for me. Actually, it was far less stressful directing than being the lead actor. I was able to have my input in all aspects of it.
Michael Jai White
Me
Natural
Input
Able
Directing
Lead
Than
Being
Far
Far Less
Aspects
Natural Thing
Less
Actor
Actually
Thing
Stressful
There's people who live life authentically and there's people who live a life of fabrication. And it begins with the question of how you're gonna do your time. And these are observations I made about Folsom when I was there with Dustin Hoffman when he was directing 'Straight Time.'
Michael Mann
Life
Time
You
People
Live Life
Made
Live
Fabrication
About
Directing
He
Observations
How
Question
Begins
Dustin Hoffman
Straight
Gonna
Your
Who
I have no interest in directing. I'd be a bad director.
Michael Ritchie
Director
Bad
No Interest
Directing
Interest
I find directing more satisfying.
Michael Shanks
Find
Directing
More
Satisfying
I would have to say the most challenging thing about directing is the sheer stamina because... as a director, you're always doing something. Someone always needs to talk to you. There are always decisions to be made and every day for as long as the movie goes on. So it's a marathon... You don't have to look nice, but it's all day every day.
Michael Urie
Day
Needs
You
Director
Every Day
Made
Long
Nice
Every
Say
All Day
Would
About
Someone
Something
Directing
Look
Most
Talk
Sheer
Because
Always
Doing
Goes
Movie
Decisions
Stamina
Marathon
Challenging
Thing
Playing Isabella in 'Measure for Measure' pushed me to my limits. Janet Suzman was directing, and she was very hard on me. I went through phases of not liking her at the time, but I loved her for it in the end.
Michelle Dockery
Time
Me
Directing
Through
Pushed
Liking
She
Limits
End
Very
Loved
In The End
Hard
Measure
Her
Phases
Playing
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