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I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd had before. I thought I'd just try writing, and maybe start directing, but I did it very quietly. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

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I'm thinking, this is Robert Redford. You know, he's won an Academy Award, he's talking to me about directing a movie he's in. So you just think that it's Hollywood stuff or whatever. ↗

— Barry Levinson

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Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films. ↗

— Christopher McQuarrie

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I enjoy doing my more intimate and less commercial pictures and also I enjoy directing. ↗

— Sarah Polley

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I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful. ↗

— Harold Ramis

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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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Directing is a tremendous art. ↗

— Steve Guttenberg

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This directing thing just sort of fell my way and landed in my lap. ↗

— Charles S. Dutton

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It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors. ↗

— Omar Epps

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I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

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