Directing Ability Quotes

I would be a terrible director, I could never write anything. One of my great strengths is that I know all of my weaknesses.

A lot of actors aren't particularly good directors. And they're not particularly good with other actors. That's kind of a fallacy.

If you ask me whether I can direct, I can. In fact, I have shot several songs, scenes and stunts. When certain directors of my movies were not able to be there for some reason and had asked me to help out, I have directed. But to helm an entire movie is a different art altogether.

I think that women are uniquely suited to the job of directing, and I've seen it firsthand.

Not write, maybe develop. Direct, sure. As an actor, you work on so many films, you sort of start to see who directs well and who doesn't.

Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do.

I have no interest in directing. I'd be a bad director.

I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted.

I think one third of my work is with first-time directors because I think I should, you know? Really, the difference between a first-time director and a second- or third-time director - I mean there's no director who makes enough movies anyway - but if they're talented, they have it. And there is no movie that is perfect.

After starting with 'Premam,' asking director Chandoo Mondeti to do a remake was a mistake because he has much more potential and creative ability to direct.

You understand what good directing is, you can identify it pretty easily.

Drawing on the experience I have of now directing, to me, my one strength that I know is my ability to communicate with actors and therefore make characters really important.

Sometimes, as actors, if we work hard enough and stay at it long enough and are malleable and directable, then good things can come of that.

What you need to know to direct a movie is [of] such great variety. I've worked with people who were maestros, who know everything. I've worked with people who were empty and lost, who had no clue what they were doing. You wouldn't hire them to paint your apartment. And then there's everything in-between. There's no list of skills you have to have to sit in that chair.

Though all actors do not make good directors, Dhanush is really one of the finest. He knows exactly how to direct an actor to extract the performance the way he wants it. Perhaps that is happening because he is a performer himself.

A director can come from anywhere, but having a story background, if you have nothing else, is probably a good thing to have because it's really the one tool you need.

For me, I've just always known that women were more than capable of being able to direct.