Directing Quotes
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I've always been interested in directing. I started acting when I was thirteen years old, so I've had some desire to do something else in my life.
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I've been clawing my way to directing since I was a kid.
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When God's leading and directing, you don't have to kick the doors open.
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I always like to think of the audience when I am directing. Because I am the audience.
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I've learned that when I'm directing, I hate when people are always questioning everything and trying to give me directions.
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The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.
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I just think that I'll never have plastic surgery if I'm not in front of the camera. If you make your living selling this thing, which is the way you look, then maybe you do it. But trust me, the minute I'm directing or producing and not starring, I would never even think of it.
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Life is a journey. Part of that journey is not just using your talents, but trying to decide what is your gift and then directing your talents to support your gift so you can soar to new heights.
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The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head and make them real.
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Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.
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My directing style has changed over the years. I allow things to breathe a lot more.
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I love collaboration. I love working with people to come up with something better than what I initially thought. With directing, you have to be controlling in a lot of ways, but I find myself trying to battle against that, to not be controlling, because that's when great things can come about, beyond how great you think you can be.
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Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story.
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Acting is the most pure fun as far as jobs go, but it can be limiting in terms of freedom of expression. You are never the master of the story, just a part of it. But writing and directing give you the power of the gods.
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In film, I don't think I'd try directing. Maybe one day, but I'd certainly want to go to film school or something before I tried to do something like that. That would be quite scary.
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I am starting to explore directing, maybe in the future in the world of 'White Collar.'
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It seems to me that we spend an inordinate amount of time and attention on fixing ourselves when we could really be directing that out to serving others.
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With directing, you have to know what you're doing, but you have to actually be able to control what's going on.
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Directing is like putting together a collage.
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I find directing so incredibly rewarding and challenging and humbling and exciting and engaging. Scenes become challenging. Actors bring out the best of you. Circumstances demand you dig deep.
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With directing, you always have three or four things constantly on the go. It's a tough industry and a tough time, particularly if you're doing things a little outside the box or independent features.
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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.
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Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant looks, a sweet voice and a bright eye from a child or children when they themselves are full of bitterness and scolding! How inconsistent and unreasonable this is!
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That's what's nice about directing a film and having it done: There's nothing more I can do about it. It's done. That's it. All I can do is let it go and hope that people are kind to it.
