#directing

Directing is: you're overwhelmed the whole time. Your mind never stops. If you care about it. You wake up in the morning and you begin thinking about it and then you go to sleep at night and you're still thinking about it. ↗

— Campbell Scott

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I find directing more satisfying. ↗

— Michael Shanks

#find #i #more #satisfying

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years. ↗

— Bryan Singer

#directing #films #i #making #started

The Director's Role: You are the obstetrician. You are not the parent of this child we call the play. You are present at its birth for clinical reasons, like a doctor or midwife. Your job most of the time is simply to do no harm. When something does go wrong, however, your awareness that something is awry--and your clinical intervention to correct it--can determine whether the child will thrive or suffer, live or die. ↗

— Frank Hauser

#directing #theatre #leadership

But when I felt like I had something to prove? Then I got up early every morning and worked all day long. I didn't know if I had any more talent than anyone else directing, but I knew I could work hard at it, and so I did. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#any #anyone #could #day #did

It's such a strange combination that I'd be unhappy to make anything like that without Landis directing. ↗

— Jenny Agutter

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I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it. ↗

— Debbie Allen

#called #dance #dance floor #directing #down

I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script. ↗

— Angela Bassett

#appreciate #because #directing #directors #five

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 love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet. ↗

— Julie Delpy

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