#dire

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. ↗

— David Hume

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I think I have more of a director's brain than an actor's brain, in a way. ↗

— Helen Hunt

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But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as a director is to not put yourself into situations where it can get outside of your control. And that's what happened. ↗

— Neil Jordan

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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

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The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it. ↗

— John Huston

#coming #controlling #day #die #directing

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor. ↗

— Michael Ironside

#director #i #storyteller

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. ↗

— William James

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I love to be directed, and I can glean something from almost anyone. ↗

— Swoosie Kurtz

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A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts. ↗

— Omar Epps

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The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles. ↗

— Swoosie Kurtz

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