David Cross Quotes

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

The sensibility I brought to directing was similar to what I bring when I write.

For me, I see filmmaking as art.

I want to make my own films from my own scripts based on stories I want to tell, but they take time to put together.

When you create a movie, you create something in your image.

I want to produce and direct and write one day.

I don't write on set. I also - in a funny way, I don't really differentiate between the writing and directing. I think it's all sort of the same thing.

I would love to write and direct.

I like writing and directing. I enjoy telling stories, and I think it's born in a comedian to end up directing.

I eventually want to write and direct and produce my own stuff.

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

In all honesty, I've written movies that have been made, and the process has not been as satisfying as writing for television.

I always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense. If you're a writer who is also going to direct, you're doing all your preparation: You're already visualizing everything, you're imagining how the lines are going to be read, you see the blocking in your head, and you know the rhythm and the pacing.

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

Directing a movie precludes me from being involved in any greater way. But, the job was never to do more, it was always to enable. Sometimes as a producer, you're creating and writing it, or sometimes you're writing and directing it, or other times you're there from the very beginning.

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.

I love directing. I love creating things that I don't necessarily even have to be in. I like creating worlds. So I'm getting into writing movies and selling movies and television shows and creating worlds that then get to live beyond me.

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

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

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

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.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying.