Directing Quotes
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I love acting and will take all the time to continue to act. But sometimes I'd like to try my hand at directing.
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I always love directing because it gives me a chance to be with everyone 24/7.
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I came from a background of directing behind-the-scenes documentaries.
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The script of Regression wasn't the draw for me. It was largely Alejandro Amenabar and his way of talking. To hear him talking about the script was way more interesting than the script. He wrote it, and so, English is his second language. It's an interesting thing. I've had that before. I was directed by Alfonso Cuarón before, too. It's always interesting when you're being directed by somebody like that. So much of directing is about communication, and finding the right words, and what it means, and how to convey certain emotions and ideas.
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I've done all the other kind of production work on films than directing really badly. That is the truth. It's made me a better director because I feel like directing is the only thing I can really do.
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One of the best things about directing movies, as opposed to merely writing them, is that there's no confusion about who's to blame: you are.
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I've been writing a lot, I've a few projects I'm trying to finance, I do some acting, I do some directing... Apart from that, if I could get lower than a 10 handicap on my golf game, I'd be thrilled.
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I'm very interested in directing actors - many directors direct cameras.
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Directing is a tremendous art.
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Directing, I just feel comfortable. I know what I want. I know what I want from my crew. I lead by example. I have limitless energy as a director.
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When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.
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The writing, acting and the directing all complement each other and make each other better. It's one of those amazing instances where everything seems to come together.
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Art is manipulation, the management of material, the directing of fate... Who does that directing?
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I'll be directing some more 'Private Practice' episodes when we wrap 'Caprica.'
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I am very happy acting, and just have never gone at, or been bitten by the directing bug to the extent where I'm willing to put acting aside. If offered the opportunity, I think I could do a good job with the right material.
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The AT&T commercials are the most fun acting opportunity that anyone could ask for. That being said, directing exercises a part of my brain that is really fun that I don't get to try out as an actor.
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Directing is all tied up with childhood loneliness. It's such an odd thing to end up doing.
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I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.
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I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write.
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I'm sent a script. I read the script. If I love it, I want to do it. And that's it I don't care who's in it, how much money is behind it, really to an extent who's directing it.
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I love directing more than anything in the world, and I love being in the editing room. I love cutting. When I'm shooting, I cut it in my head anyway. That's not to say that it always turns out that way, but you have a sense when you're composing a sequence or a scene how you want it to look anyway.
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Directing for me is the ability to take the words from a page and share my vision with the world.
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Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language.
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My directing opportunities have been awesome, and my acting opportunities, some have been great and some have not.
