Mary Stuart Masterson Quotes

I wouldn't want to direct - I think that's a very different job. You have to be a very specific type of person to do that.

Directing is a unique endeavor where you are in charge of so many people. As a writer, it is sort of the opposite.

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.

There is a director for a reason, because a director knows what's best for the movie. You just give your director as much as you can to work with, and hopefully, the decisions they make are going to be great.

I view myself still as a director. That's what I do.

There's no way I see myself as a director. Direction is far too creative.

I thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I was not up to the challenge of making a movie. Then realized that all a director has to do is know what he wants to do.

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

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

When you're a director, you really live whatever you do.

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

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday.

I'd love to direct more.

I never thought I wanted to direct. I love the control of it. I love to dream of scenes.

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

My husband's a director, so he understands what I do.

I love the creative process, of getting to create your own show or your own movie, whatever it is you want to do, and have the resources to try and make that happen.

Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.

I've been on a lot of sets, and I've been around a lot of directors, and I've been working for many years now, but stepping in the shoes of being the decision maker and the guy that everybody is relying on at some point, yeah, it was challenging for sure. One thing is that you're responsible for a large group of people.

Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this.

I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.

Directing was liberating and intimidating. It's something I've always wanted to do.

I love the process of filmmaking. I understood that you have to be a writer in order to be a director.

To be an actor, you have to be self-obsessed, but when you are a filmmaker, you get a macro view. Every aspect of making the film is under your purview. And for me, that is a bigger turn-on than just being an actress.