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Acting, producing, writing, directing - it's all part of something that I believe I was born to be part of. — Crystal Lowe

It's been very exciting for me to start directing and conducting, exploring the symphonic repertoire, which I've always loved. — Joshua Bell

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

Sometimes it's learning how the play wants to function rather than imposing something on it. For me, that's the thrill in directing. — David Rabe

I love writing and directing because it's great therapy. Every project I've done, there's been a personal connection. — Gina Prince-Bythewood

I'm so grateful to be living doing what I love. Whether it's acting in Films or TV shows or writing and directing my own projects. — Kyle Cassie

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different. — Sean Penn

Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business. — S. Truett Cathy

I love directing. It's where my heart is, and it's the way my mind works. — Melissa Joan Hart

I think, obviously, everyone has a lot of favorite movies, but I really for some reason just love Quentin Tarantino's writing and directing style. — Kodi Smit-McPhee

There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds. — Adam McKay

I enjoy directing. I don't know whether it's improving or not, but it's certainly evolving in different directions. — George Clooney

Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint. — George Clooney

The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life. — Tony Scott

Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game. — Gary Gygax

I directed three films and each time [I act] I hope it's the last time so I have time to do my film [directing]. — Mathieu Amalric

The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began to write screenplays when I was in my 20's. — Charles Martin Smith

That's what I love most about writers
they're such lousy actors. — Vincent H. O'Neil

Rowan Joffe is very specific. I mean, he wrote it as well and he has a very orderly writer's mind and the same applies to his directing. — Mark Strong

Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance. — Michael Douglas

Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting. — Robin Wright

I can't imagine directing from someone else's script. — Tony Gilroy

Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else. — John Carpenter

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun. — Ang Lee

Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great! — Michael Bay

I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel. — Michael Bay

My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working. — Peter Fonda

I love writing, directing and photography; if I could figure out a way to put the three things together, that's what I would love to do. — Drew Barrymore

It's always fun to do action and explosion, but I really enjoyed directing the emotion of the actors. — Roel Reine

I like acting better than anything else, but, you know, directing's good. — Tommy Wiseau

I act here and there but you have to commit so far out in advance when you're directing that you - I'm kind of booked six months out, so it's hard. — Joanna Kerns

I thought Jack's directing job was the best thing about the film. — Harvey Keitel

I'll tell you what I love about directing: the surprise. You never know what's going to happen with your piece until an audience weighs in. — James Burrows

I don't want to say I'm never going to direct again, but directing's hard work. — Kyle Chandler

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. — Nora Ephron

With directing, you have to know what you're doing, but you have to actually be able to control what's going on. — Joe Hahn

Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie. — Roland Joffe

Politics can be a factor neither in shaping Islam nor directing Muslims' acts and attitudes in Islam's name. — Fethullah Gulen

When I audition for something, I don't even want to think about who the other actors are in it, who's directing it. — Lauren Cohan

Whether it's acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life. — Tom Felton

Dude, writing, acting and directing are such easy jobs. But to do them all as awesomely as Zach Braff does, well that ... that's something. — Zach Braff

Luckily, I've never been offered a directing job that was lucrative. I've never heard, "Here's $800,000 to remake Sisters." — Lloyd Kaufman

I'm no Kenneth Branagh or Ben Stiller. I'm not that single-minded, 'I'm producing it, directing it, and starring in it' kind of person; that's not me. — Tom Hollander

I screen tested for Training Day many years ago, which was David Ayer's script with Antoine Fuqua directing. — Joe Manganiello

It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors. — Omar Epps

People ask me about that all the time. They say, "Did you ever think of directing?" And I say, "It's completely out of the question." — Mickey Rourke

Sometimes when I'm directing, the stage manager will have a good idea and that's okay with me. — Adam Rapp

Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money. — Charles S. Dutton

The whole chameleon thing about acting. That's why I'm moving towards directing - it's a much more healthy occupation. — Andy Serkis

I've had some success at writing and directing, and I like it. It's infinitely more creative than just acting, and I have things I want to say and do. — George Clooney

When Cate Blanchett starts directing, it's over for all of us. — Todd Haynes

I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part. — Julie Taymor

It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff. — David R. Ellis

Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story. — Matt Smith

When God's leading and directing, you don't have to kick the doors open. — Jeremy Camp

Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject. — Stanley Tucci

Anything that's got Stephan Elliott directing it is going to be interesting, to say the least. — Bill Hunter

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Directing was a great experience, but it's terrifying to have the responsibility of carving up the other actors' performances. — John Krasinski

Directing offers you the hope that your vision will reach the screen, unmolested and intact. Therefore, it's tantalizing to all writers. — Jon Spaihts

Making a movie is universal. Directing a movie is universal; it's a universal language. — Morten Tyldum

Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place. — Albert Camus

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

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

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 love directing because you get to see your film come to life. You get to work with the actors. There's something magical about each piece of it. — Dee Rees

Insofar as I'm good at directing, it's because I've become a writer. — David Hare

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 love directing - it's always so involving, so challenging. — Stanley Tucci

When I'm directing, I can look at something that I wrote and say, "This doesn't make sense." There's a lot more intuition and gut involved. — Craig Zobel

And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen. — Julie Delpy

Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable. — Alan Ball

This directing thing just sort of fell my way and landed in my lap. — Charles S. Dutton

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

I always say I want to eventually shift my career to directing and writing. — Jonah Hill

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

I do love directing. It's probably my favorite thing that I do. — Jeff Garlin

It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts. — Sean Durkin

It's like being the general of an army [directing a film]. You send people out to die. — Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days. — Steve Buscemi

(Sometimes when) someone's directing for the first time, they're afraid to include everyone - they have to prove they're the director. — Richard Gere

There's a lot of directing within the stunt coordinator's job. — David Leitch

It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing. — Majandra Delfino

Real people are what fascinates me, whether it's from an acting point of view or a directing point of view. — Paul Blackthorne

I approach directing from an actor's standpoint. — Derek Magyar

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing. — Alexander Payne

I do like directing other people's material. — Brian De Palma

A thousand policemen directing traffic cannot tell you why you come or where you go. — T. S. Eliot

I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

To make what you have in your head, I think that's what directing is. — Julie Delpy

I have a staff of 12 people, so it's easy for them to handle all the management and the day to day at the company while I'm directing. — Chris Stokes

It's such a strange combination that I'd be unhappy to make anything like that without Landis directing. — Jenny Agutter

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 don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different. — Alan Alda

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

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship. — Sean Durkin