Tasha Smith Quotes

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.

As far as writing or directing a film, I've worked with enough people who have done that that I know it's just a whole other level of responsibility and chaos and murder that I could not see happening. For now, I'm just going to see what comes. I know what I like and what direction I have.

I knew that I'd end up directing because I'm so hands-on with my films.

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

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing.

It's the director's job to piece together my performance, his interpretation of my takes, each take, and string them together and make a statement. I'm red paint on a canvas for a painter.

You - as a director, you have to do your job, you have to show things, and you don't have to ask the actors to do it, or the dialogue.

There's something that comes into you that's so exciting when you're directing.

There's a heresy which is perpetuated by film school that to be a great director you have to write your own stuff.

As a screenwriter, you are so used to things going in directions that you wouldn't have taken, so to be able to say, 'This is how I intended it, this is how I want to shoot it, and these are the decisions that I'll live by,' I think directing is a logical conclusion of mine.

I definitely want to direct and write - all of it.

Dhobi Ghat' is the only script I actually completed and that I was convinced about wanting to direct.

I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process.

The great, rewarding thing about directing is that you're overseeing the whole thing. When you're an actor, you're just one department.

The work of a director can be summed up in two very simple words. Why and How.

I think directing is a huge responsibility and it's not something where you can just be like, "Yeah, sure, I'll give it a go!" I think it's something you really need to focus on, and put a lot of effort and attention into.

Not to knock the people who've given me the opportunity; I appreciate all the opportunities I've gotten, but one of the things I think I really learned from the features I got to direct is that your job as a director is everything about the movie. It's to pick a story that's really worth making, and make sure that the basic components are there. You're not just a part of the team. You're really in charge, and the responsibility falls on you if all the components aren't there for a worthwhile film.

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

I do like directing other people's material.

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

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 director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

Eventually, it came to this place like, 'I'd like to direct, but I need to find the story to tell.' 'Man of Tai Chi' became the story to tell.

I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing is to me.