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The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking. ↗

— Guy Ritchie

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It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't. ↗

— Guy Ritchie

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I have no interest in directing. I'd be a bad director. ↗

— Michael Ritchie

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Elizabeth Taylor has more chins than the Chinese telephone directory. ↗

— Joan Rivers

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As long as we, again, kind of keep earning the sequels with material and I'm confident Mike can, I'm in. You know I always want to do those. But I also want to keep going in some of the direction as Meet the Parents has. ↗

— Jay Roach

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I'm not one of these directors, so far, that wants to have a whole separate director's cut of these things. So far they've turned out to be kind of the length that they wanted to be. ↗

— Jay Roach

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My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone. ↗

— Jay Roach

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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

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I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed. ↗

— Tim Robbins

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