Quotes About Directing

I don't know what directing actors is all about apart from just casting well and then shaping their performances a bit, you know.

I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.

I'd said no to directing 'Snowtown' a few times and was quite scared of it, but I saw a story there that was worth telling.

I don't see a big difference between the job of directing a low-budget movie and the job of directing a big-budget movie.

Directing is so dope to me, man, 'cause it doesn't necessarily have to be your material. You're making someone else's material come to life. There's something amazing about that.

Directing films is easier said than done. The job needs a lot of sensibility to put many things in place.

I would love to keep directing commercials. I love it so much. I love working with brands and ad agencies and old white men who have been doing this for 60 years.

The good part is once I start directing, I can choose the songs I want to do. I'm just selective now when it comes to choreography.

I think directing is something I would really enjoy.

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

I discovered that my biggest passion was for directing, so in making opportunity for myself, I found what I like doing the best.

My directing opportunities have been awesome, and my acting opportunities, some have been great and some have not.

The AT&T commercials are the most fun acting opportunity that anyone could ask for. That being said, directing exercises a part of my brain that is really fun that I don't get to try out as an actor.

That's what interests me about film: directing.

I loved teaching and directing choral activities at BYU, but nothing surpasses working with the MTC musicians.

It's hard to get material. I haven't made a movie before. I have two episodes of television that I think have come in really great, but it's really hard to get directing work.

The cool thing about directing is, whatever cool thing works in the scene, it's still making the episode be a great story, and everyone's working toward that goal, so it doesn't much matter where it's coming from.

Directing is literally what I've always wanted to do, ever since I was a kid. So I love the career I've built behind the camera.

I like to express myself fully with my body, with my language, with my voice, and through directing.

I think I would like directing. I really like coming at the work that way.

I think if more women had been directing when I was a child, I probably would have gone for directing first. But, as a child, all I wanted to do was make movies.

I had a very embarrassing time acting extremely badly at university, which is when directing suddenly became so attractive.

For me, all you want from your actor is for them to engage on a deeply emotional level with the material. If you feel like that happens, directing the actors is pretty much done at that point.

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.