Michael Clarke Duncan Quotes

One thing which no one knows about me is I could be very good director. Although I have not directed any movie so far but I am sure the day I start it, I would be very good at it.

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

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.

I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.

To be a good director, you have to spend a lot of time on actual sets, but today, there's a lot of people who spend a lot of time in dark rooms writing a script, and they'll go in and tell the story to some suit at a studio who says, 'Okay, this is great, let's go.' But that doesn't necessarily mean you know what to do once you're on set.

I have a great little camera, and I had a theory that if the story is interesting, it doesn't matter what medium you shoot it on. You just have to make a good film.

There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think on your feet. You have to adhere to strict deadlines and budget constraints.

I love directing scenes that I'm not in because suddenly I really feel like a filmmaker which is a different thing.

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

I would consider doing any part as long as the script is good and the film has an interesting director.

Rob Hardy is such a great director.

With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Because it is their medium. In a way, you are serving the director, and when it is someone that you feel you can have a lot of confidence in, it can make a big difference.

I directed an episode of 'Party of Five' toward the very end of that show. It was a great experience.

I would love to direct a western. I love taking photographs and I'm always fascinated with angles. Also, my father was a film editor, and I have a talent for thinking of things that aren't always in a script.

Writer/directors are, for me, the most inspiring people to work for because they are the person on set that knows the answer to all the questions. They have the most invested in the project because they've been with it from conception.

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.

I think the director is becoming more important. To work under rushed conditions, you need to have an extremely professional director. If the director's good than the end result will be good.

A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it.

Larry Kasdan is a great director.

It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good.

I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.

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.

Susanne Bier's work I've always really enjoyed. She's just such a great filmmaker; she's very cool and very sexy - that always helps, too.

I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.

I think I would like directing. I really like coming at the work that way.