I started directing on 'The Wire.'

- Anthony Hemingway

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.

- Bryan Singer

I'd like to have a go at directing.

- Ben Whishaw

I intend to do more directing TV.

- Bryan Cranston

I wouldn't take a directing job if I didn't think it was enriching life.

- Baz Luhrmann

Directing 'When You Find Me' was one of the most creatively rewarding endeavors of my career.

- Bryce Dallas Howard

I do like directing other people's material.

- Brian De Palma

I was a film-directing major at NYU. I'm still not sure why I became a directing major, when I was really an actor and a comedian, but there was something that drew me to doing that.

- Billy Crystal

Even when I'm not directing, that doesn't stop Owen from having ideas for what I should be doing.

- Ben Stiller

Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.

- Barbra Streisand

There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds.

- Adam McKay

Directing can be very lonely and quite intimidating.

- Asif Kapadia

I have always believed that directing a film is like telling a story. You have to tell it well so that it is appreciated.

- Anupam Kher

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

- Anthony Michael Hall

Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done.

- Anton Corbijn

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

- Ang Lee

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.

- Ang Lee

I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.

- Alton Brown

I'm definitely moving more towards directing now.

- Andy Serkis

I don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different.

- Alan Alda