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• ‘Evita’ obviously would always be very special to me because it was the first major musical that I did on stage and created in the U.K. with Hal Prince directing.

  Elaine Paige

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• Before I even knew what that half of my family did, I was interested in performing. I remember being seven years old and up on a stage and loving it. I’ve always adored it. Not just acting, but the whole process of writing and directing movies, everything that has to do with that part of life. Maybe it’s in my blood.

  Jack Huston

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• As an actor, it’s hard to direct because, suddenly, you’re not around. The thing which I hate about directing is the waiting game, but you’ve really got to wait it out and be resilient and keep it going and keep everybody motivated.

  Danny Huston

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• Anything that’s got Stephan Elliott directing it is going to be interesting, to say the least.

  Bill Hunter

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• If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I’d choose the directing job.

  Ron Howard

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• I think people forget that a lot of directing is just real management of the size of a production.

  Gavin Hood

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• I don’t get nervous when I’m directing a play. It’s not like acting.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

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• I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.

  Werner Herzog

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• I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the theater than directing a movie, because then you have no time when you are shooting a movie to really work with the actors. You have to learn this craft somewhere else.

  Michael Haneke

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• I think what makes a good actor’s director is somebody who understands what I’m doing and is respectful of it, but who also has a vision and is directing me toward their vision in a way that feels productive.

  Matt Damon

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• I starred in a Broadway play that was Sidney Poitier’s first directing job and the cast was Lou Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Diana Ladd and I played a Jewish kid who offered himself as a slave to two Columbia University students as reparations.

  David Steinberg

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• I was on cruise control from ’85 to ’95, and it was my fault. There were a lot of self-inflicted wounds, when I was not doing any original material. I wasn’t directing. I wasn’t writing. That’s not who I am.

  Sylvester Stallone

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• There’s a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it’s overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.

  William Shatner

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• I love directing. It’s something I started doing in theatre when I was in university in Chicago and I started a theatre company right out of college and was directing for many years.

  David Schwimmer

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• Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.

  David Schwimmer

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• I’m definitely moving more towards directing now.

  Andy Serkis

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• I’ve been aware of the work I do as an actor being directorial in feel.

  Iain Glen

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• Even when I’m not directing, that doesn’t stop Owen from having ideas for what I should be doing.

  Ben Stiller

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• I’ve been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge.

  Eric Stoltz

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• Directing television is really hard – it’s so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.

  Steve Buscemi

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