#directing

That's what I love most about writers--they're such lousy actors. ↗

— Vincent H. O'Neil

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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me that the best performance was often left in a rehearsal room. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

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I've been writing a lot, I've a few projects I'm trying to finance, I do some acting, I do some directing... Apart from that, if I could get lower that a ten handicap on my golf game I'd be thrilled. ↗

— Paul M. Glaser

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

— Henry Seidel Canby

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Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best. ↗

— Diane Keaton

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I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

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The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen. ↗

— Tony Goldwyn

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I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved. ↗

— Larry Hagman

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I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me. ↗

— Ethel Waters

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