445 Directing Quotes for You to Enjoy

It doesn't matter who's directing, or who's doing the movie; there are a ton of things that can go wrong, and they do all the time. So you just have to figure out how to get through it, and then how the director finally puts it together, and then see what the audience takes from it. That's the most important thing to me. Rutger Hauer

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I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director. Salli Richardson

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He wasn't directing it, of course, so I didn't work with Hitchcock. Sally Kellerman

Work Directing He Course Hitchcock

Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this. Sam Shepard

Great Happy Directing Feels Doing Really

Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing, writing, acting in and directing 'M*A*S*H'; he used to commute between the set and home because he didn't want to disrupt his kids' schooling. Sanjeev Bhaskar

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My directing style has changed over the years. I allow things to breathe a lot more. Scott Ellis

Style Changed Directing More Allow Over Years Lot Breathe Things

My way of directing is definitely unorthodox, definitely unconventional. Sean Baker

Way Definitely Unorthodox Directing Unconventional

It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts. Sean Durkin

Writing Starts Ongoing Directing Sort Ends Where Process

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship. Sean Durkin

Relationship Directing Like Learned Where Soccer

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

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Riskin went into directing and made a film with Cary Grant which applied to the letter all the ideas which had made his comedies famous. It had everything except that little something - and the film was a failure. Sidney Buchman

Failure Made Everything Cary Grant Something Directing Except Had Ideas Comedies His Famous Which Little Grant Film Letter Applied

For me, acting is like a holiday. When you're directing, you have a strong sense of responsibility for others. It's exciting but exhausting, especially when you're like me: always wanting to break the rules. Simon McBurney

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I never studied directing and I never really thought about doing it, and then I just found myself in that situation and tried it. I like to be observing everything else, and I get self-conscious in front of the camera. Sofia Coppola

I started directing videos at the same time that Michel Gondry was starting to direct videos, and I watched what he'd do. They all seemed to be pushing some new visual effects idea, but never just for spectacle. They all captured a feeling. Spike Jonze

Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject. Stanley Tucci

You Yourself Sometimes Difficult Directing Because Subject Quite Separate Film

I am very happy acting, and just have never gone at, or been bitten by the directing bug to the extent where I'm willing to put acting aside. If offered the opportunity, I think I could do a good job with the right material. Stephen Lang

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It's so funny when you're actually directing because things start popping that you don't expect to pop, and something that you think is going to pop, maybe doesn't quite have the impetus that you thought it might. Stephen Moyer

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I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting. Steve Buscemi

Approach Directing Through Pieces Always Been Interested Acting

I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write. Steve Buscemi

Master About Directing Write Never Had Master Plan Any Plan Really

Directing is a tremendous art. Steve Guttenberg

Art Tremendous Directing

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