Nani Quotes

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

I'm a director first and foremost, and I hope that the fact that I'm female is just one of the many things that informs my unique perspective on the world.

I'm not as savvy and knowledgable about all of the directors that are out there, but as a person, I'm really open-minded and love meeting new people and watching the way directors film and their perspectives and following their lead.

I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.

I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision, and I'm totally open for that.

All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

The funny thing about directing is that you have your own opinions, but it's a collaboration. Directing is a group effort. Even though you might think something works, the smartest thing you can do as a director is try and weigh the opinions of the people around you.

Eventually, everyone said, Why don't you direct? It would save time. And that's how it started.

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write.

I've worked with a lot of directors, some of them you wouldn't really attach the word 'artist' to their name.

I think every director's different. Every director's got his own style. I mean, when I directed, I basically just screamed for eight hours a day, twelve hours a day.

I have so many different voices and stories to tell.

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen.

As a director, I get to have a much broader creative expression than as an actress.

All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

I really respect the Coen brothers as directors and as creative individuals and with the way that they handle the industry and the business side of things.

I was never one of those people who thought, 'What I really want to do is direct.' It never occurred to me.

I'd love to direct more.

In anything I've ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I don't think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didn't sound like them at all.

I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.