My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success in that milieu, so to speak, is because I spent a lot of years directing, I spent a lot of years behind the camera.
I was keen to direct an action film, and when Reliance approached me for the remake of 'Singham,' I saw an opportunity to return to my first love.
I love this thing about L.A. that we always make fun of but always do, which is talk about traffic and which direction we're going.
Then, when the Depression came, all of this changed completely. Since that time, the entire public is of a very different sort and there was not so much support for contemporary music in a direct way.
Acting and making music are quite complementary. Acting relies on someone else's writing and direction; writing music or lyrics doesn't. But they are both creative and personal in completely different ways.
Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.
I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.
I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.
I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work.
With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.
The colonies had little occasion to feel or to resent direct royal prerogative.
Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.
I'm in favor of changing the destination of humans. There are a lot of manned missions that can be done, but not in the direction of the moon.
I think you can be smart and directed and focused, without being obnoxious, and get plenty done.
I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.
I've directed a couple of times in the theater, but I wouldn't make a habit of it because it's too consuming.
All Church power is, therefore, properly ministerial and administrative. Everything is to be done in the name of Christ, and in accordance with his directions.
One of the things that always was Fall Out Boy was trying new things and kind of pushing ourselves in different directions.
Management controls performance in people because it impacts skills; it’s a matter of monitoring, analyzing and directing.
You just have to have the guidance to lead you in the direction until you can do it yourself.
It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.
