#directing

Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting. ↗

— Robin Wright Penn

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And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

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What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society. ↗

— Colin Powell

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Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right. ↗

— Otto Preminger

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I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set. ↗

— Jason Priestley

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My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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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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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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