#directing

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

— Stanley Tucci

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The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again. ↗

— Denzel Washington

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Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is second, and acting is the most fun. ↗

— Henry Winkler

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I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script the night before shooting started. ↗

— Preston Sturges

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Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

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France isn't just any country in Europe, and its president is not an ordinary leader in the world. Sometimes directing or leading the way is not enough, he has to initiate policies, as Nicolas Sarkozy was able to demonstrate during his term. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am. ↗

— Judy Holliday

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I love the incredible variety of demands directing makes on you, from the entrepreneur to the hustler to the deal-maker to the writer; to directing actors and the camera and working with music, sound, marketing and promotion. It uses so many sides of your brain. ↗

— Tom Hooper

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A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that, things have to feel natural. ↗

— Joshua Bell

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