Bobby Deol Quotes

I'm not a huge kind of visual director. For me, it's all about the acting. There's no greater buzz than working with actors and seeing what they can do and how much they can improve on what you'd written. That will always be on the top of my list. It's a real privilege to see it live before anyone else sees it.

It would be a great vacation to act in a movie if I weren't directing it. But to do it while you're directing interferes with your concentration, and I wouldn't do that again.

I always enjoy shooting for all my films.

Once you turn on the camera, making a movie is making a movie. I don't care if it's $9 million dollars or $50 million dollars. You have bigger toys, bigger set, actors who are better paid, but once you turn on the camera, it's director and performance, and I don't find a big difference.

I really never imagined that I could ever even direct anything, so 'Girls Like Girls' was co-directed.

You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do.

I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

I appreciate my role as an actor much more after I direct because it's just easier.

I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as acting - both are popularity contests, and in both you're trying to tell a story through the film as a medium.

The director, of course, was Bob Fosse. But again, I worked with my father to prepare for the role.

I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with many directors and is willing to share some of her knowledge with me.

I started in the theater world in New York City - and indie films - and I love the feeling of your head coming together and trying to tell a simple story, a small story, and just getting that vibe of storytelling without all the craziness of big budget.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

I think every actor would probably say that it's always a collaboration. And if you ask directors, they'll tell you that they expect the actors to bring something. They don't want to be thinking for everybody.

I directed a short series for Hulu called 'Paloma,' and being in an editing room, I learned a lot about acting. It gave me a new bolt of energy in terms of my interest in filmmaking because it made me realize how collaborative filmmaking can be and also that you're not just limited to one job.

My brother's a blast to direct; he's one of those great characters who brings so much to every scene he's in, and we're pals.

John Boorman was the best director I've ever had.

I really loved making 'Love, Nina.' I was in every scene, which was amazing. Bloody hell, what a job!

As the director, to have the opportunity to work with actors of the calibre of David Oyelewo is just fantastic and special.

After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing.

Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position and made him eat at four o'clock. He liked to direct it. But, to me, directing is tedious. Especially if you're acting in it. And I'm inherently lazy.

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

I've constantly done my best to get the best material I can get with the best directors I can get to direct me.

Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.

I don't think I know enough about acting to direct. You need to be a slight megalomaniac, not where you want to take over the world, but where you want to make every single decision and the buck stops with you. It's an awful lot of stress.