Todd Haynes Quotes

I don't remember if I've been asked seriously to direct a picture. I understand that. I'm very good business for people as an actor and perhaps they'd rather I didn't.

Every actor wants to direct.

Well, you don't make any demands to Steven Spielberg.

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.

I love acting and will take all the time to continue to act. But sometimes I'd like to try my hand at directing.

I wouldn't want to direct - I think that's a very different job. You have to be a very specific type of person to do that.

I still have my talent to produce and direct.

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.

I moved to L.A. to write and direct. I had no intentions of being in front of the camera.

I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.

You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.

I hope to direct a feature very soon. That is a big goal for me. I'm looking forward to hopefully getting that opportunity.

Chris Nolan is an amazing director.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

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

I wonder if Louis Ferreira would be interested in directing.

I literally said it was my dream in life to direct a Charlie Kaufman movie.

Pooja Bhatt is a very good director.

Peter Weir is remarkable. He can do anything.

'Zakhm' was my last film as a director.

When producers and directors were courting Sivaji Ganesan, MGR directed and produced 'Nadodi Mannan' and showed that he can do it alone. He created history and stood his ground against one of the best actors in history, Sivaji Ganesan.

No power on earth can ever get me back to directing a commercial film.

I always wanted to direct a film.

As an actor, I felt nervous only during the release of my film. When I became a director, the anxious moments started once the editing work began.

Any movie's only as good as the director.