Jack Nicholson Quotes

As a director, your work is finished only when it's on the screen. But I will always be an actor who occasionally directs. And no, I have no interest in directing myself. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on both jobs at once.

Usually, those people don't even like actors and they can't wait until they get in the cutting room. They kind of break down in categories: directors who like to be surprised and some of them abhor being surprised. As far as directing, we all direct when we're acting in movies... every single one of us.

When Cate Blanchett starts directing, it's over for all of us.

The first film I directed (Explicit Ills), I did when I was like 27 years old. I had been an actor for a certain amount of time, and then I was like, "I want to start directing."

I don't direct movies for a living.

As far as I'm concerned, I make movies.

I love being on set, because I've basically grown up on a set. And now I love to contribute as a director and help steer the ship, if you will.

I want to direct, write, produce... y'know, I love the entertainment industry.

I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.

Cooking and film are completely different - but I'd rather stay in the kitchen than be in movies.

Yeah, the whole 'One Tree Hill' experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I'm interested in all facets of the industry.

I'm not one of these actors who feels a pressing need to direct, and I have no plans to do it.

I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director.

I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.

When you're just an actor, you do your role, and then you're in your trailer. It's not as hands on as when you're directing. You live and breathe it.

I would like to be an actor, but I really would like to be a director of feature films. That's what I want to be when I grow up. I want to make films.

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

I would love to work with Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Omar Epps, Martin Scorsese, Josh Mond, Woody Allen, Paul Thomas Anderson, and David O. Russell, just to name a few. Those guys are absolutely brilliant at what they do.

My first love was always direction; I had worked hard as a film-maker but not as an actor.

I cannot imagine of making a film without Boman Irani.

I am an actress, not a producer; I can't decide release dates.

I love movies. I can't participate in my love of movie-making fully unless I'm producing it.

I think my dream career would be to own my own production company and be able to write movies and star in them every once in awhile. Kind of like a Judd Apatow type of guy. That would be really fun.

I've always been interested in directing. I started acting when I was thirteen years old, so I've had some desire to do something else in my life.

I want to be the person who eventually doesn't have to be in front of the camera. I can be behind the camera and really change things cinematically, and this is giving me an opportunity to do something behind the camera, which I really want to maximize.