Quotes About Directing

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as a director, to understand that.

I would like to direct a sitcom like 'Sumit Sambhal Lega.' It was interesting. It had a great script also.

When I first started directing, I could have chosen a more lucrative path, with sitcoms and things like that. But I knew enough after the experiences I had in front of the camera that I was not going to do that, because I was just going to work on my own things or work with people I respected.

I will not be doing any more sitcoms, unless it's my own or a movie or I'm directing.

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.

I think people forget that a lot of directing is just real management of the size of a production.

Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to talk to actors and understand them, and I don't. It's a very different way of being in the world, and I much prefer writing and producing.

I was constantly reading books about how to direct, and asking directors, 'How do you do it?' And when I finally actually started doing the work, it seemed like you have to be decisive and have an opinion. But also you have to be a good collaborator and hire the right people to shore up whatever your skill set is.

No, I wouldn't direct a movie, no. I couldn't. I don't have the patience for it, I don't have the people skills. You have to be clever. I'm not really clever in that kind of way. And you have to be able to manipulate people, but at the same time allow them to feel like they are manipulating you, to get the kind of movie that you want.

Directing a film requires a different set of skills. It is a difficult job, and I am happy being an actor.

I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.

I always love directing because it gives me a chance to be with everyone 24/7.

I love movie-making. I'm interested in writing and directing, and I've dabbled, but I haven't done anything I care to brag about. Yet.

I would love to direct a movie, something I really like with a great cast. What a dream!

I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part.

Manchester Youth theater, then the National Student Theater Company and later my degree course all helped form my love of telling stories and directing.

I would love to direct videos and that's what it keeps moving towards, but I have to stop being scared in order to do that.

I'm so grateful to be living doing what I love. Whether it's acting in Films or TV shows or writing and directing my own projects.

I love directing scenes that I'm not in because suddenly I really feel like a filmmaker which is a different thing.

I love directing and that's where I'm headed. That's where my head is at.

I was always directing; even back when I started on stage. I was always throwing out ideas. I just love creating stories and for some reason people would listen.

For me the dream is the freedom to make all the crazy ideas I have in my head into movies. I truly love directing and I think it is a privilege to have this as an occupation.

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I could not help liking this girl more and more. I've never met a woman who was the one initiating her own seduction. Directing it even." - Rip Rockwell in Anti-Nice Guy: Rip by Kailin Gow