Toni Collette Quotes

I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have more creative control.

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

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

All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

Film work can be very interesting, but it also can be awfully boring because who creates the film? The actors? No. It is the director. It's his piece of work.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

In TV, when you come in to direct an episode, you are effectively learning an established language; you then have to try to learn to speak it really well. But on a movie, you are the guy. You are creating the language; you make most of the decisions.

I would love to try my hand at directing and even producing in some kind of way. Something about that intrigues me, but for directing I could completely see myself trying.

I don't want to be a director. I want to direct. There's a difference.

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.

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 writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love with writing and directing.

I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday.

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

If I get a note on my script or my films, what I say to a studio executive is that, 'You know, this is the film of my legacy, and I never want to be sitting in a theater looking up on the screen and seeing something that I don't believe in.' I will never do that.

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

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

I wanted to express myself more fully through writing and directing. It just feels like a package deal. Anytime you create anything, you try to exert mastery over your world.

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.

Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in.

I love doing features, but it's a very different ballgame. Sometimes I yearn for short films again, working with a small team, getting my hands on the clay.

The rules are: The only ego is the film, and you have to serve the film.

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