Quotes About Commitment

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.

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.

My energy is good; it is directed at training hard.

I spent a long time on my first movie, which was the sequel to a short film that I did called 'Carne.' And I had no money. I shot it over a period of three years, a bit like David Lynch directed 'Eraserhead.'

I'm happy directing films. On television, the direction takes your entire life away.

I only want to write. I don't care about directing, really. I've tried it, and it was fun, but it's not like I have to.

Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great!

I act here and there but you have to commit so far out in advance when you're directing that you - I'm kind of booked six months out, so it's hard.

To say directing was a long-stewing ambition doesn't cover it. If you cut me open, you'd see it.

When I'm directing a movie, nothing else matters.

Directing a film is a lot of physical work.

I'm an addict. I've been one my whole life. Most of it was channeled in the right direction, whether it was playing basketball or working out. From the time I was little, my mom said I always needed to be entertained.

When it's time to play, I'm going to come play. I'm going to play the right way. I'm going to try to help my team in all directions, blocking and catching. If I don't have the ball in my hand, I'm going to protect, block down the field. I'm going to do whatever it takes to win.

Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why.

A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

I have so much respect for television actors and directors. We're on set doing 16-hour days, and that's just what we do.

Passion: It's what separates a singer from an entertainer. I hope I have passion for my music, my family, and my friends until they start shoveling dirt on my face.

I'm not a particularly ambitious actress. I love to go and do my work, head down in the dirt, and be the character.

The biggest word in football, and it's a dirty word - no one likes to use it - is accountability.

I don't know how to make movies without getting my hands dirty.

We all know what my game is, to play hard. Not dirty, but play hard.

I want the title. But these hands are working hands, and sometimes you've got to get them dirty.

I'm not a dirty player. I love this game, and I'm playing hard.