#directing

Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game. ↗

— Gary Gygax

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I was directing before I knew it was called that. ↗

— Guillermo del Toro

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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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First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode. ↗

— Anthony Michael Hall

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I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the theater than directing a movie, because then you have no time when you are shooting a movie to really work with the actors. You have to learn this craft somewhere else. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#business #craft #directing #else #i

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

#camera #demands #directing #entrepreneur #hustler

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women. ↗

— Pedro Almodovar

#directors #favorite #master #women

Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing. ↗

— Joan Chen

#bad #bad habit #directing #effort #habit

I think in the old days, films really went for the shock, with the blood and guts, but movies are getting better. The writing and directing have improved a lot, because the audience demands it. ↗

— Claudia Christian

#because #better #blood #days #demands