#directing

I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#actress #am #because #chance #could

I don't see myself ever retiring, unless it's for something that I like better, and so far I like directing a lot but I don't see the necessity to retire from anything unless there's a really great alternative. ↗

— Anjelica Huston

#anything #better #directing #ever #far

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

— Pedro Almodovar

#directors #favorite #master #women

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#directing #i #i think #just #more

Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#directing #fast #hard #hour #really

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

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#directing #involved #layers #process #something

I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#confidence #directing #else #entirely #i

Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#directing #great #great man #i #man

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

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