Aditi Rao Hydari Quotes

I've always said the one advantage an actor has of converting to a director is that he's been in front of the camera. He doesn't have to get in front of the camera again, subliminally or otherwise.

What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters.

I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience.

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

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

On a very small scale, I kind of understand why the directors that I work with do certain things. I don't consider myself an incredible director. I'm not ready to do movies by any means. But, I feel like I can be a better actress now that I've been on the other side and kind of understand the process and more of the technical aspects of it.

I approach film no differently than I approach a role. I want to make sure the movie is right, the characters are right, I can really bring something to it as a visionary, a storyteller. It's great to point a camera, but can you tell a story?

For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who the director is!

Jason Reitman is an amazing director; he's really amazing with his actors and crew.

The best actors are always the ones who've directed as well, as they understand all the problems you face.

My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.

Acting's fine if the script's written by Paddy Chayefsky and Martin Scorsese directs it, but unless you have something like that, I don't really enjoy acting.

Having learnt my basics in theatre, I always feel film is a collaborative effort. If you do your part well and help the person in front of you in realising his or her potential, the film invariably comes out good.

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.

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

He was such a fabulous drama coach. What better person to have than Alfred Hitchcock? His work as a director was impeccable. I learned so much.

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.

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

I think I have more of a director's brain than an actor's brain, in a way.

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

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

I'm a student. I want to do better, and I want directors who can find the actress in me and be my teachers. I'm interested in the whole process of editing, post-production and direction.

A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.

I would really love to direct one day. I think there are certain actors who love the character and the performance and that's all they want to be a part of.