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Quotes About Artistic

I know I'd like to direct a film at some point, and maybe I'll write it.
~ Paul Dano
So much of what you see now in Hollywood is written and directed by committee, and you can see it.
~ Trey Parker
I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing.
~ Salma Hayek
After I directed for the first time, I wanted to call every director I'd ever worked with and apologize. In television you are tasked with shooting 42 minutes, or whatever, in eight days. That's not a lot of time.
~ Michelle MacLaren
All of the things I've directed, I'm really emotionally close to. That's why I choose to direct them and spend years on them.
~ Nicholas Stoller
I spent a long time on my first movie, which was the sequel to a short film that I did called 'Carne.' And I had no money. I shot it over a period of three years, a bit like David Lynch directed 'Eraserhead.'
~ Gaspar Noe
Being an actor started me writing, and that led to directing.
~ Chris Eigeman
Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.
~ Diego Luna
I've acted just to get to directing.
~ Mel Ferrer
Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.
~ George Clooney
I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.
~ Kevin Bacon
I find directing more satisfying.
~ Michael Shanks
Well, I'm directing a lot of television these days.
~ Joanna Kerns
Choreography is amazing. I'm still a dancer, yet I transitioned into choreography then as a Creative Director. All of these creative elements are brought out of being a dancer. Directing is something that comes out of understanding movement and choreography. Directing movement is directing a dance piece.
~ Laurieann Gibson
I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing is to me.
~ Mike Mills
If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job.
~ Ron Howard
I would consider directing. I think directing myself would be tough, but I'm definitely interested in directing. I might start off directing a play before I move to a film.
~ John C. Reilly
The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.
~ Sean Penn
A lot of scripts that I was given I didn't feel were right for me, because I didn't feel anything for them - I didn't feel like I was going to change in life and start directing.
~ Anton Corbijn
Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point, and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there. My own material.
~ Luke Evans
I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.
~ Isabella Rossellini
Directing 'When You Find Me' was one of the most creatively rewarding endeavors of my career.
~ Bryce Dallas Howard
I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.
~ Peter Landesman
I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confident as I needed to be, so I started directing theater; then I played in some movies, and then I felt the need to do my own stuff.
~ Baltasar Kormakur