Directing Quotes
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I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.
Ed Harris -
Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.
Orson Welles
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First of all, directing was the most incredible experience. When you run a television show, directing is something that not many people actually get the time to do because you're so consumed with everything that's going on. You can't just disappear.
J. H. Wyman -
It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing.
Majandra Delfino -
He wasn't directing it, of course, so I didn't work with Hitchcock.
Sally Kellerman -
I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
Ted Shackelford -
The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.
Steven Spielberg -
Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.
Steve Buscemi -
I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.
Victor Garber -
I feel like a lot of directing is casting.
Damien Chazelle -
I've been doing a bit of screenwriting and producing, and even a bit of directing.
Irvine Welsh -
When I heard that Paul Feig was directing an all-female 'Ghostbusters,' I was prepared to do anything to be a part of this, to be a part of what sounded like an incredible project.
Kate McKinnon -
Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right.
Otto Preminger
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I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.
Danica McKellar -
Directing a film requires a different set of skills. It is a difficult job, and I am happy being an actor.
Mahesh Babu -
At Vienna, one of the audience affirmed publicly that my performance was not surprising, for he had distinctly seen, while I was playing my variations, the devil at my elbow, directing my arm and guiding my bow. My resemblance to the devil was a proof of my origin.
Niccolò Paganini -
I get inspired when I look at Tom Lennon, who did Reno 911! for six seasons while writing huge movies and directing, and also doing other pilots; he did that FX pilot, the Star Trek thing.
Scott Aukerman -
I have no interest in directing. I'd be a bad director.
Michael Ritchie -
I love directing and that's where I'm headed. That's where my head is at.
Mark Webber Pulp
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Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.
Ang Lee -
The first film I directed (Explicit Ills), I did when I was like 27 years old. I had been an actor for a certain amount of time, and then I was like, "I want to start directing."
Mark Webber Pulp -
When God's leading and directing, you don't have to kick the doors open.
Jeremy Camp -
I would love to keep directing commercials. I love it so much. I love working with brands and ad agencies and old white men who have been doing this for 60 years.
Milana Vayntrub