Melissa Joan Hart Quotes

The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.

I've never been given an opportunity to direct, but man, I would love to try my hand at that.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

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

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 don't want to say I'm never going to direct again, but directing's hard work.

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

It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you have to let it go.

As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.

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

Writers are always sort of threatening to direct, and sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't.

I don't think I have advice for female directors as opposed to male directors. I think all first-time directors should try and be as prepared as they possibly can, because it's hard!

I love working with actors. I love visual things. I always intended to be a writer who directs and a director who writes.

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

I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love to be a part of stories that tell us about where we've come from, where we are, where we're going - with great directors.

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