Quotes About Directing

I have a lot of ideas for videos, and I want to pursue directing. This is one of the goals I have always had.

I have been directing ads and videos for quite some time. And I wanted to direct films.

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

I think certainly directing is a visual medium, but it's also about communication, and a lot of times great directors are lacking in communication skills, which is rather shocking to discover that.

I think it takes a lot of courage to be able to direct a film. If you have that courage and that vision together, and you pick the cast that you believe will achieve your vision, you win.

I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing.

If I was going to direct an episode of 'Younger', I wanted it to look like an episode of 'Younger.'

In the digital space, writers and directors get time to build and establish a character.

Directing's the best part. Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like. And secondly, it means that you've gotten through all the writing stuff, and the producing stuff, and casting, and prep, and all those stages that are seemingly endless. So directing is sort of the reward for all the work you put in before.

As a viewer, I liked screenwriter Park Jae-bum's writing and director Kim Hee-won's directing.

I think we've shot scenes from every angle directors can think of to make it look like different villages. I've directed a couple shows on that set and believe me, it's impossible not to duplicate some camera angles.

My earliest experience was reading Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at 8, you know, with a bunch of kids on my steps - on the stoops - and knowing that I wanted to direct them saying the lines. I don't really know how to articulate that 'cause there wasn't someone to show me.

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

Culturally, as women, we're raised to be very concerned with others' approval in a way that men aren't, but an inevitable part of directing and being visionary is that you have to be a boss, and as such, not everyone is going to like you all the time or agree with your choices.

Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works.

Every director knows it is his job to be manipulative. When you make an edit, you are trying to manipulate.

I found myself forgetting about Luke, who was standing there emoting all over the place, and watching the robot to see if its performance was going properly!" Kershner says. "That happened time and again, so I would have to pull myself back and concentrate on the actor. Without him, nothing was going to happen. But it's hard to admit that my directing talent may be judged by the performance of an inanimate object.

The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.

Drawing on the experience I have of now directing, to me, my one strength that I know is my ability to communicate with actors and therefore make characters really important.

Education is the constraining and directing of youth towards that right reason, which the law affirms, and which the experience of the best of our elders has agreed to be truly right.

I'm actively looking for things to direct again. I had such an amazing experience on this. I really am spoiled.

I knew I wanted to direct since I was a kid. That was something I was always fascinated by and wanted to experience and see if I would be any good at it.

Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed.