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Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing. ↗

— Ang Lee

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I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing. ↗

— Mary Stuart Masterson

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Since I was a child, I've liked telling stories. Maybe because my father's a director, I grew up loving stories. I'm not good at spinning them at a dinner table because I do go on a bit, but I love writing them, and directing is just a way of editing the story. ↗

— Mary Stuart Masterson

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I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation. ↗

— Liam Neeson

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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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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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You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing. ↗

— Tim Robbins

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For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was. ↗

— Peter Jackson

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Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie. ↗

— Roland Joffe

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