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He wasn't directing it, of course, so I didn't work with Hitchcock.
— Sally Kellerman
I enjoyed directing, and I really found that it was a great new field to try my hand in.
— Ronald D. Moore
I think the only directing I'd be any good at is theatre directing. It's the only thing I can see myself doing.
— Martin Freeman
Sean Penn, for his acting as well as his writing and directing. There are so many actors I respect, but his reach is so wide.
— Boyd Holbrook
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.
— Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Directing for me is the ability to take the words from a page and share my vision with the world.
— Denzel Whitaker
Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.
— George Clooney
Directing is very close to choreography; you deal with space, time, emotions, lighting, making beautiful images.
— Benjamin Millepied
I have my writing and acting and producing and directing, and my younger brother has his music and his acting.
— Kevin Schmidt
Senator Harding, who declared in his inaugural address that We seek no part in directing the destinies of the world.
— Robert A. Caro
I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.
— Victor Garber
The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.
— David Fincher
I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.
— Patricia Riggen
I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines.
— Chris Lowell
Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance.
— Michael Douglas
I can't imagine directing from someone else's script.
— Tony Gilroy
Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it.
— Christopher McQuarrie
I really enjoy directing television because you get to work in so many different genres and with different people.
— Tony Goldwyn
My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working.
— Peter Fonda
Our relationships will eventually grow stale unless we are diligent about directing and cultivating them.
— Todd Henry
Magic is all about directing attention. If I didn't want you to look at my right hand then I don't look at it.
— Keith Barry
Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place.
— Albert Camus
Being an actor started me writing, and that led to directing.
— Chris Eigeman
A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.
— Wes Craven
I usually don't like to talk about money, but I talk about the movie, and the other aspects of directing, etc.
— Tommy Wiseau
I was the first woman to win a Tony for directing, but the second woman came along five minutes later.
— Garry Hynes
Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language.
— Morten Tyldum
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
You have the choice of deliberately directing your thinking, or allowing other forces to dictate your desires and attitudes.
— Grant Von Harrison
There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.
— Kathryn Bigelow
Oddly enough, I find it quite engaging to be working with a female when I'm directing. It's kind of interesting.
— Ridley Scott
I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.
— Jason Priestley
I've been clawing my way to directing since I was a kid.
— Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
I'm addicted to directing!
— Adam Shankman
I find directing more satisfying.
— Michael Shanks
I have always believed that directing a film is like telling a story. You have to tell it well so that it is appreciated.
— Anupam Kher
What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.
— Sean Durkin
I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working.
— Carrie Mae Weems
When you're directing, I feel like I'm playing all the parts, without the make-up. I really get into the heads of the characters.
— Griffin Dunne
I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing.
— Peter Capaldi
Photographers direct the eye toward a particular object. We who write, one hopes, are directing the heart and the soul.
— Nikki Giovanni
I love directing - it's always so involving, so challenging.
— Stanley Tucci
And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen.
— Julie Delpy
I am starting to explore directing, maybe in the future in the world of 'White Collar.'
— Willie Garson
The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.
— Denzel Washington
I've always had an easy time directing actors because I always hire ones that are great before I get my hands on them.
— Woody Allen
Directing was a great experience, but it's terrifying to have the responsibility of carving up the other actors' performances.
— John Krasinski
My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
— Manuel Puig
How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?
— Maureen O'Hara
I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.
— Mary Stuart Masterson
I'd like to do what I see in my head. I always feel like I'm directing with one hand tied behind my back.
— Julie Davis
This directing thing just sort of fell my way and landed in my lap.
— Charles S. Dutton
Your boss takes a dim view of SEX?
— Vincent H. O'Neil
God's Word is especially suited to directing those who want to focus primarily on the nature and direction of their own hearts.
— James MacDonald
Directing a movie is serious, it's not a joke.
— Fred Durst
It is not for man to follow the trail of truth too far, since by so doing he entirely loses the directing compass of his mind.
— Herman Melville
I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.
— David Morrissey
![Directing Quotes By Rian Johnson: Much of directing [a movie] is not directing](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/directing-quotes-by-rian-johnson-235666.jpg "Directing Quotes By Rian Johnson: Much of directing [a movie] is not directing")
Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open.
— Rian Johnson
It's a treat and daunting to be directing someone like Judi Dench, who's made more films than I'll ever make in my lifetime.
— Cary Fukunaga
I'm not retired, I will continue directing films and doing fight choreography. I won't stop.
— Yuen Woo-ping
I am a prince(ss) of peace, sitting on the throne of poise, directing my kingdom of activity.
— Shakuntala Devi
I don't necessarily recommend directing your husband or wife in a film, but if you have to do it, you have to do it.
— Scott Foley
Directing movies is the best job there is, that's all. I can hardly say a word after that. It's just a great job.
— Nora Ephron
I only want to write. I don't care about directing really. I've tried it and it was fun, but it's not like I have to.
— Catherine O'Hara
Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
— Salma Hayek
People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.
— Julianne Moore
I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.
— Danica McKellar
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.
— Ricky Schroder
I was ambitious and desperate to direct my first film, so I capitulated and blew it. Never again. Never fucking again.
— Craig Ferguson
If I could really move my career much more into predominantly directing, I would jump at that.
— Jason Alexander
Directing is a tremendous art.
— Steve Guttenberg
First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode.
— Anthony Michael Hall
