Quotes About Directing

So much of what you see now in Hollywood is written and directed by committee, and you can see it.

I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing.

After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing.

I'd never directed before and this movie's too important to me to put in the hands of some guy who has never directed. Even if it's me.

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.

No matter what, I'm in a very small club. There are very few women who have directed studio-level commercial films - very few.

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.

I never want to set a belief that a woman has to direct a woman's film, meaning she can't direct a man's film. If only films can be directed by people who are exactly the same as that, it's only gonna limit all of the women more.

The way Raj Kapoor saab acted and directed all his life, I don't think there is anyone today who can even touch him. He was also from a theatre background. I consider him the teacher of creativity.

Even though I've acted in many films, I have directed for the first time, and I will always consider myself a student.

I should have directed more but I am a lazy person and have taken a backseat.

I had directed some tele films years ago.

I think the biggest advice I would give to any actor who's directing and also acting at the same time is don't even watch your coverage. You do a scene, and then, you know what you did; it doesn't matter what you look like.

Directing is a rarefied business. And you see very few women pass that Rubicon.

It's a treat and daunting to be directing someone like Judi Dench, who's made more films than I'll ever make in my lifetime.

I don't know why directing is not something I'm interested in.

Being an actor started me writing, and that led to directing.

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.

I've acted just to get to directing.

Directing adults is not the same kind of collaboration as you have with a teenager or kid.

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

I would have a problem directing a scene like most directors do, in that TV style. I would get bored, I don't enjoy editing in the classic way.

People thought I was dead. But I wasn't. I was just directing 'The A-Team.'

Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.