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Quotes About Creativity

Every actor wants to direct.
~ Theodore Bikel
My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.
~ Vanessa Carlton
I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.
~ Stephen Root
I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.
~ Tom Stoppard
I don't direct movies for a living.
~ Tommy Lee Jones
I'd love to direct more.
~ David Duchovny
ABBA was a direct influence on me.
~ Beth Ditto
I would really love to direct one day. I think there are certain actors who love the character and the performance and that's all they want to be a part of.
~ Jake Gyllenhaal
I never thought I wanted to direct. I love the control of it. I love to dream of scenes.
~ Salli Richardson
I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have more creative control.
~ Madeline Zima
I want to write, act, and direct!
~ Megyn Price
I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.
~ Kate del Castillo
It is my passion to direct movies.
~ Maiwenn
My real passion is to make movies, to direct. It's good for my ego to be an actress. It's like someone is saying, 'Yes, you're beautiful! Yes, you're doing fine!' But I feel like a child when I'm an actress.
~ Maiwenn
I don't direct the plays of others.
~ Israel Horovitz
Every actor is like, 'I could direct!'
~ Domhnall Gleeson
I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day.
~ Cary Fukunaga
The best actors are always the ones who've directed as well, as they understand all the problems you face.
~ Alexander Payne
I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing.
~ Salma Hayek
Me and my roommate wrote and directed a little short comedy called 'The Elevator.'
~ Heather Morris
I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.
~ Ava DuVernay
I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
~ Harmony Korine
I don't much like being directed. I enjoy being allowed to play.
~ Christopher Walken
A lot of our favorite comedies in general are usually directed by writers, whether or not they wrote the original script themselves.
~ Jon Hurwitz