Film Directing Quotes: top 33 famous quotes about Film Directing

Film Directing Quotes & Sayings

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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

Stunt coordinating is a good training ground for directing because you have exposure to all the departments in film. — David Leitch

The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room. — Orson Welles

Drumming is like film directing. You build a framework for everyone to create something together. — James Genn

Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done. — Anton Corbijn

Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished. — Sydney Pollack

I did a film many years ago called The Man Without A Face.Gaby [Hoffmann] was in with Mel Gibson. That was his directing debut. He did a great job. — Richard Masur

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller. — Kevin Spacey

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

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

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

I attend film school, my background is acting and directing. But the acting does best, I like to work on the stage. — Tommy Wiseau

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision. — Tim Robbins

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

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul. — Ingmar Bergman

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life. — Nicholas Jarecki

Directing a film is a lot of work. — Fred Durst

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

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director. — Kathryn Bigelow

Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly. — Akira Kurosawa

The prospect of being able to work on a Kaufman film with him directing was just too good to be true. — Elijah Wood

I watch 'Goodfellas,' and suddenly it frees me up entirely; it reminds me of what great film directing is all about. — Peter Jackson

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

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

Try to produce your own films, avoid directing for hire. — Atom Egoyan

The dynamics of film directing and fashion design - in the ways that I've done it - were not dissimilar. — Tom Ford

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film. — Peter Hedges

Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor. — Martin Donovan

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

I'm not retired, I will continue directing films and doing fight choreography. I won't stop. — Yuen Woo-ping

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

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 was ambitious and desperate to direct my first film, so I capitulated and blew it. Never again. Never fucking again. — Craig Ferguson