“Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.” I CanPassionActingHugeDirectPopsIntenseExhausting Author:Jodie Foster
“The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.” HeartRealActorsLinesActingDirectCollectives Author:Sam Rayburn
“Acting to me is a very organic art form and you just go and do it. And I like to direct the same way that I like to be directed. Let me bring in what I want to bring in, and if something's wrong, just tell me about it and I'll make some corrections or adjustments. And that's what I do.” IfsWayWantArtFormActingDirectLet MeAdjustmentCorrections Author:Clint Eastwood
“That's a big responsibility, and the details obsess me. And, also, I no longer feel I have to do the Tonight Show every time I open my mouth. Twenty years ago, I told myself I'd rather direct than act, and it's taken me this long. You lose your passion in acting. You make too many mistakes. Maybe that's why I make so many movies; if you don't like this one, another one's opening on Tuesday. But then I spent six months of my life on 'At Long Last Love,' a picture nobody saw. I enjoyed making it, I learned from it, I grew, but that's too much time out of my life.” IfsFeelsYearsLongShowsBigsLastsPassionLosesActingMistakeResponsibilityTakenSawsToo MuchGrewMonthsSixMouthsYears AgoDirectTwentiesDetailsOpeningEnjoyedTonightSix MonthsTuesdayBig Responsibility Author:Burt Reynolds
“When I began to direct, I began to understand and realise that everything that I'd learnt, both in music and dance and in the theatre, seemed to come together as a director, and I began to enjoy it. And slowly I let the acting go.” TogetherEnjoyActingDirectorsDirectTheatreRealisingMusic And Dance Author:George Ogilvie
“The only reason I'm acting in films I direct is to get the money to make them, quite frankly, it's not what I'm interested in doing.” ReasonFilmActingDirect Author:Denzel Washington
“If you choose to do both [acting and directing] on a set, than you're admitting that you understand that everyone is in it for the same goal and it's a collaborative experience. You can't really jump into being an actor, and than direct yourself. At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful. If you try to micro-manage and control all of it, than you're probably heading for disaster.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingActorsGoalActingAcceptingOpinionWillingDirectDisasterManageHelpfulYou ChooseHeadingsAdmitting Author:Rebecca Hall
“It was always my intention to direct. I went to film school. And then I wanted to know how to work with actors, so I went to acting school. And then by the end of that, I caught the bug.” KnowsEndsWantedSchoolFilmActorsActingKnow HowDirectIntentionCaughtBugsFilm School Author:Benn Northover
“I aspired to be a writer and then I just started getting acting work. I really didn't have a direct goal, I just knew I wanted to be in this industry telling stories and doing this for a job. I thought my path was going to be as a writer, but I'm pretty happy doing it as an actor.” StoriesWantedJobsActorsGoalActingPathIndustryDirectTelling Stories Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I'm an actor who loves to direct film, if I find something that I'm compelled to do and want to spend three or four years doing. I really love the process, though. I might have to just say, "Yeah, I want to direct that," because I want to direct something, but that's just not the way my being is. It's got to be a necessity for me, otherwise I'll just keep acting.” IfsWayWantYearsMightFilmThreeActorsProcessActingFourDirectYeahFour YearsCompelled Author:Ed Harris
“As an actor, you only get to work 15 minutes an hour; as a director you're fully immersed. It's incredibly more complex and challenging and I love it. I'm sort of a glutton for work and to direct something that I'm acting in feeds the vein.” ActorsHoursChallengesActingMinutesDirectorsDirectComplexesVeins Author:Jason Bateman
“The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore has a better claim to it than any third party (and any third party seeking to dispute my self-ownership must presuppose the principle of self-ownership in the first place since he is acting as a self-owner).” FirstsPersonsSelfFactsBodyPartyActingPrinciplesResourcesDirectThirdsBasesClaimsSeekingOwnersOwnershipDisputesScarceThird PartiesScarce ResourcesSelf Ownership Author:Stephan Kinsella
“But actually my dad is a very talented director and not just his use of shots and camera, but he's very good with actors and he knows acting well. It's great to see him do that and be really good at it and he's been doing it for a while and he certainly knows how to make movies, and little movies I guess for a television show, and he's going to come back in November to direct a second episode, which I'm really excited about.” KnowsWellsLittlesUseShowsActorsActingKnow HowTelevisionDadDirectorsShotsDirectCamerasMy DadVery GoodExcitedEpisodesNovemberTelevision Shows Author:Emily Deschanel
“I couldn't direct traffic. It's hard enough just acting.” HardEnoughActingDirectTraffic Author:Mickey Rourke
“Usually, those people don't even like actors and they can't wait until they get in the cutting room. They kind of break down in categories: directors who like to be surprised and some of them abhor being surprised. As far as directing, we all direct when we're acting in movies... every single one of us.” PeopleKindActorsWaitingRoomsActingBreakCuttingDirectorsDirectCategoriesBreaking DownActing In Movies Author:Dustin Hoffman
“Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people. Terror was brought to many countries on his direct orders and in his name, against men, women and children, Christians and Muslims. Osama Bin Laden claimed to be acting in the name of Islam, but in reality he made a mockery of the basic values of his and all other religions.” PeopleMenChildrenMadeCountryRealityChristianValuesOrderNamesActingDirectResponsibleIslamTerrorInnocentMen WomenBin LadenMockeryOsama Bin Laden Author:Angela Merkel
“When I'm acting, I wish I was out there, being a part of it and making it. It's all on your name to do that. It's your vision. You're going to get slandered for your work, and I like that. As an actor, it's so hard. I'd rather direct than act.” HardActorsNamesWishActingVisionDirect Author:Jason Momoa
“I don't come to work as an actor. There are many directors who can direct without ever having acted and do a great job and connect with their actors and lead them to excellent performances without themselves having had an acting background.” JobsActorsActingDirectorsDirectPerformancesBackgroundsExcellentGreat JobExcellent Performance Author:Abdellatif Kechiche
“I hope, my career is never predictable. And my interests are diverse in that way. I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want to direct. And then when I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig. And I've made it very clear that I'm interested in voiceover work. I mean, I'm always looking for voiceover gigs. I love that.” WayWantFeelsWritingLooksMeanMadeInterestActingResponsibilityCareersClearToo MuchLuckyDirectorsDirectTiredMade ItPensDiverseGigsPredictableI'm TiredBurnt Out Author:Lake Bell
“I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want to direct.” WantFeelsWritingActingLuckyDirectPensBurnt Out Author:Lake Bell
“My day job is acting - I wouldn't direct something if I didn't feel passionate about it.” IfsFeelsJobsActingDirectPassionateDay Jobs Author:Jake M. Johnson
“Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.” ActorsSimpleActingDirectAestheticTruthfulSitcom Author:William H. Macy
“I started working on how I would direct this a year before we started shooting "All We Had" and I was prepping, acting, and directing sort of at the same time. I knew that I didn't want to hold people up on set.” PeopleWantYearsActingDirectShootingOld People Author:Katie Holmes
“When I started acting, my mom said, "If you want to go to film school and eventually direct, being on set is probably the best film school in the world." I'm incredibly grateful for the career I've had, but I was an actor to be a part of movies and TV, not the other way around.” IfsWorldWayWantSaidSchoolFilmActorsActingCareersTvsMomDirectGratefulMy MomFilm SchoolBest Film Author:Jay Baruchel
“With acting, if a friend asked me to be in a movie or TV show, there's a lot of things on my résumé I did without reading them or knowing what they were. I just said I'd do that because a friend wrote it, directed, produced, acted in it. With directing, I'm sticking to my guns, not that a lot of people are begging me to direct.” PeopleIfsSaidShowsReadingActingKnowingTvsGunDirectTv ShowsBegging Author:Bob Odenkirk
“Create a life outside of acting work that fulfills you and feeds your soul. Nurture your relationships - family and friends. Stay ready and open for those opportunities that will come as a direct result of that readiness and openness. Only stay in it as long as it feeds your soul.” LongSoulOpportunityActingDirectYour SoulOpennessOur RelationshipNurtureFamily And Friends Author:Melanie Nicholls-King
“People create the illusion of acting natural, which is what I think most documentarians do in part because of the direct cinema orthodoxies that came into play really in the '60s. That moment of performance is a tremendous opportunity to make visible something hitherto invisible, which is how people want to be seen. How do they see themselves? What are the scripts, fantasies, genres by which they imagine themselves? How is storytelling part of what we are as human beings? We wouldn't kill each other en masse if it weren't for storytelling. We wouldn't be able to live with ourselves.” PeopleThinkingMomentsOpportunityNaturalActingFantasyImagineIllusionDirectInvisibleStorytelling Author:Joshua Oppenheimer
“I'm always writing, but directing takes priority over everything, unless the acting is a job that lifts that whole brand. If I get a part in a big film with a big director and I was going to direct one of my one films, I would take the former job because that job will only help anything that I then intend to do. I think in the long run, directing is the thing that will outlive everything else. Maybe that and writing.” ThinkingWritingLongHelpingRunningFilmActingDirectPriorities Author:Noel Clarke
“My preference will always be theatre because it's where my heart lies and it's what I started with and eventually I want to direct it. It's where my real interest is. But I just love trying out new stuff. Acting for me isn't just for me about being in front of a camera ... it's so much more than that. It's always about telling a story and there are so many ways of doing that, so I'll always want to try something else.” TryingHeartRealLyingInterestActingMy HeartDirectTheatre Author:Gemma Arterton
“Once I hit 25, I realized I had to do more than just be an actor. I love acting, but there's something that makes it difficult to just be a man, a grownup. Not to take away from any actors, but I knew I wasn't going to be Tom Cruise. I knew I was a character actor, which is great and I'm proud of it. But I knew that I wanted to do more. I started producing and directing and writing and stuff for the theater, and then that grew out of hand and I sort of lost my control. I've always loved the process of filmmaking. Now I'm much more into producing docs, but I want to direct features.” MenWritingCharacterDifficultActingProudDirectI RealizedFilmmakingCruiseGrownups Author:Fisher Stevens
“I have been approached to direct films, but I think everybody has their limits. For me, I want to focus all my energy and efforts on acting and give the best performance possible. For now, I am focusing on that. Who knows, in the future maybe I will change my mind.” ThinkingGivingMindFilmEnergyEffortActingFocusDirect Author:Gong Li
“Acting is such a high art, and coming from theater, I know how hard it is and respect the craft. I want to look back when it ends, and say I challenged myself. I wanted to be an actor you always remember, and those who are the great ones. That's just a personal journey. If you're too comfortable you're taking it too easy. The director can direct you for two months but before that it's just you and your internal drive. I want people to go to my movies and know it'll be good, and with great actors. You never know what you'll learn from just staying in the same space with them.” PeopleArtRememberEasyActingJourneyDirectBe Good Author:Miles Teller
“I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.” WantActorsFunMy OwnActingDirectHaving FunMovie Author:Demetri Martin
“Look around. Oil companies guzzle down the billions in profits. Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries, and Wall Street CEOs, the same ones the direct our economy and destroyed millions of jobs still strut around Congress, no shame, demanding favors, and acting like we should thank them. Does anyone here have a problem with that?” ShouldLooksDoeStillsProblemJobsPayActingCompanyMillionsEconomyStreetsWallTaxesDirectShameRateCongressProfitOilFavorsBillionsDestroyedSecretaryCeoBillionaireOil Companies Author:Elizabeth Warren
“When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director's task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over. And he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.” WayPlayOrderActorsCan DoSpaceActingRolesSceneDirectorsTasksDirectFollowingChestsInstructionButtonsRobotsQualificationsFollowing Instructions Author:James Dean
“Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position and made him eat at four o'clock. He liked to direct it. But, to me, directing is tedious. Especially if you're acting in it. And I'm inherently lazy.” IfsMadeSeemsWantedCertainActingFourDogPositionDirectorsDirectClockLazyTedious Author:Albert Brooks
“The [Great] Actor is able to approach in himself a cosmic dread as large as life. He is able to go from his dread to a joy so sweet that it is without limit. Only then will the actor have direct access to the life that moves in him, which is as free as his breathing. And like his breathing, he doesn't cause it to happen. He doesn't contain it, and it doesn't contain him.” HappensAbleMovingJoyActorsCausesActingSweetLimitsApproachDirectAccessBreathingCosmicDreadGreat Actors Book:The Presence of the Actor Source: The Presence of the Actor