Directing Quotes

“Directing is a very lonely job. It's a bit like being a ship's captain.”

“Casting is everything. If you have the right actors, you can get away with anything.”

“Casting is 65 percent of directing.”

“The reason I'm a good director is because I've been in front of the camera and I know what directors do to you.”

“It's about the pleasure of watching a craftsman ply his trade with such witty, disreputable mastery.”

“I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots all his own stuff.”

“Directing is a nice way to dot your i's.”

“When you have a great actor, you want to let them do their thing.”

“I'm a pretty physical person. I like to be in the middle of it.”

“The best thing about being a director is that you get to tell stories. The worst thing is that you have to deal with the money.”

“Directing is a terrible, lonely job. It's like being a lighthouse keeper.”

“I think one of the most important things a director can do is to create a mood and an atmosphere on the set.”

“The first and most important rule of directing is to know what you want.”

“Casting is a great deal of my work.”

“For me, it is very important to believe in the characters, and that is the work of the director.”

“It's a virtuoso piece of storytelling that juggles a dozen characters, multiple story lines and a wide range of tones with effortless aplomb.”

“An act of cinematic storytelling so virtuosic it is hard to know where to begin to praise it.”

“Actors are a line of props, and I am the puppeteer who pulls the strings.”

“I think part of being a good director is being a good listener.”

“Directing is something I've always wanted to do. It's a way to have more control over the storytelling.”