Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing.
Joan Chen

Acting is like playing, while directing is really fun, sort of like an orgy.
Rachel Griffiths

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

An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?
Peter Brook

And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.
Sydney Pollack

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.
John Ford

Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism; the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.
Henry S. Canby

Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known. There is no doubt in my mind that she will not be doing any more concerts. Of course, she still will be making records and starring and directing in movies.
Marvin Hamlisch

Being a doctor has taught me a lot about directing. You're doing the same thing: You're reconstructing the manifold of behavior to the point where an audience says, yes, that's exactly like people I know.
Jonathan Miller

But at a certain point, and I don't really know... people have asked me this. I don't know exactly what it was that pushed me towards directing, but I think it was a naive notion that if I directed I would be able to play all the roles. A kind of greed.
Peter Bogdanovich

But I didn't know much about directing a movie.
Jason Alexander

But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice beautiful material on the altar of my direction.
Andre Braugher

Casting is 65 percent of directing.
John Frankenheimer

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.
Pedro Almodovar

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

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
Bruce Beresford

Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.
Otto Preminger

Directing is a tremendous art.
Steve Guttenberg

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

Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.
Xander Berkeley