Directing Quotes

• Suddenly I was writing a lot of screenplays, and I was no long in New York, so I stopped acting in plays, and it just became too tricky to find a part to play, either in a play or a film that coincided with my schedule writing and or directing.

  

  Michael Cristofer
  • Stopped
  • Became
  • Suddenly

• 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.

  

  Stephen Lang
  • Opportunity
  • Acting
  • Aside

• What I learned about acting, from my experiences directing, is why so many producers and directors don't like actors. You go through all of this work securing a location, figuring out how to get electricity there, how to get trucks parked where they need to be, and where catering is going to come from. And if the actors don't come up with some magic, it actually didn't matter. That creates a lot of animosity towards the actors.

  

  Ethan Hawke
  • Actors
  • Learned
  • Experiences

• I find directing more satisfying.

  

  Michael Shanks
  • Directing
  • Satisfying

• Art is manipulation, the management of material, the directing of fate... Who does that directing?

  

  Eric Maisel
  • Fate
  • Manipulation
  • Art Is

• You understand what good directing is, you can identify it pretty easily.

  

  Scott Eastwood
  • Directing

• My directing opportunities have been awesome, and my acting opportunities, some have been great and some have not.

  

  Milana Vayntrub
  • Awesome
  • Opportunities
  • Directing

• I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge.

  

  Eric Stoltz
  • Challenge
  • Find
  • Directing

• Directing is for pussies.

  

  Eran Creevy
  • Directing

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