One is often so busy doing life that it is easy to avoid evaluating whether you are putting your energy in the direction you value most.
With directing, you've got to find something and drag it up from its inception, and I'm at the early stages of doing that again. There's something all-consuming and addictive about that.
Directing is a unique endeavor where you are in charge of so many people. As a writer, it is sort of the opposite.
Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.
The words that come direct from the people are the greatest... If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.
I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.
My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.
Do not let anyone else's expectations direct the course of your life. I have discovered happiness in being true to who I am.
We all know that we have to get off of fossil fuels. And we know that the world is going in that direction. And we have to do it fast.
Pixar is going in the direction of the early Disney. And it's also corporate, where they have four or five projects in the works. I don't want to get into that subject.
A lot of our favorite comedies in general are usually directed by writers, whether or not they wrote the original script themselves.
There is always someone in the world who is better or worse off than yourself, and I've never seen that - in either direction - as a barrier to becoming friends with somebody.
Republicans are the party of 'no,' and Democrats are the party of 'don't know' because it hasn't fought for bold ideas, policies, or plans to turn us in a new direction.
When we move in a direction that touches our heart, we add to the momentum of deeper purpose that makes us feel more alive.
I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it.
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
I feel we all have a stake in our community as much as we do in our own spirits, and seeking avenues of generosity is the direct path to peace among us.
I really like Kickstarter because you don't have to be a Medici to fund the arts and sciences or to get behind a big idea or a person that sparks your imagination. It's a type of microfunding directed toward creators.
My favorite music isn't necessarily the songs that One Direction come out with. That doesn't mean to say I don't secretly really love some of our songs, which I do.
There's a time that may come in an organization where leading by influence is not enough. When things are not going the way they need to go, there's a time when one has to step up... to set the organization back on the right direction.
And I gave this directive to them, that if they free our assets in the United States, that would be a sign of goodwill. I have the same idea this time.
