Quotes About Directing

I directed a half hour comedy pilot, 'Upgrade,' and had one of the best times ever! I had such a great time directing; I would love to get to direct another project.

For me, directing is like writing with meat. I can write live, in real time, and change things and be confident that I'm helping the movie.

I like some time away to recharge the batteries, not only physically, but emotionally so that I get to the point where I'm just dying to direct again and then that's the right time to do it again.

I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.

Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous.

Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.

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On 'Half Nelson,' I was credited as the director, we both co-wrote it and Anna was the producer. We didn't know too many directing teams working at the time except the Coen brothers and that seemed to be the model, and people always know that they're a team, whether the credit reflected that or not.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

Rehearsing is more about blocking in the case of movies, I think, and blocking, of course, is very important to the beauty of a scene.

I had a feeling about directing Cocoon II: The Return. At first I wasn't too interested because it was a sequel. Then I read the script and was excited by the relationships and its mystic quality.

I don't like directing that much to want a career as a director for hire. I like to have as much creative control as possible.

In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it.

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

Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself.

Directing films is my passion and hobby and I'm blessed to have that as my profession and to be loved by the audience for it.

2021 is my 40th year working in the industry and I can't think of a better way to celebrate than directing 'Holding.' It's a beautiful piece of writing with a great story and fantastic, full-bodied characters.

I think we all live dichotomies. I'm a father of three boys and a loyal homebody sort of husband and father. And yet I act in movies and write and direct movies.

I directed plays in college. It's something that I have sort of always put in the back of my mind, and I'm a busy actress, and it's very difficult to sort of find the time, honestly, to commit to directing. It's a very - it's a big, big job.

I hope to direct a feature very soon. That is a big goal for me. I'm looking forward to hopefully getting that opportunity.

I was very glad later when I was directing that I wasn't in the hands of a cinematographer and hoping that he would do it well. I would know what he was doing, and we could discuss how that scene would look.

If I'm going to direct a horror movie, I'd have to be the one writing it, because I have to make it personal.

I'm gonna direct, like, a real movie. At least an hour and some change.

Whether I'm acting, writing, or directing, I want to tell the truth about human beings, especially my folk.