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When I started out, there were three things that made film people look at me with condescension, I was young, I was black, and I was female. I have won a certain respect, but I think the film community still sees directing as a male job.

~Euzhan Palcy

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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.

~F. Gary Gray

Topics: Add Age Directing Emotions Even Experiences Growing Hopefully Instinct Just Kid Movies Necessarily Off Person Raw Same Start Story Talent Trajectory Working You

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I think, with 'Pride,' I always knew that was something amazing because of the people who were in it and the story and the way it was written and who was directing. Anyone in that cast knew it was special.

~Faye Marsay

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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.

~Fede Alvarez

Topics: Directing Entertained Entertaining Keep Movie People Point Right Storyteller Want Whole Writing You

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I've heard directing talked about as being a benign dictatorship, and I think that's probably the best way a director should be. They're open to collaboration and feedback from people, but ultimately, it's got to be that one person's vision. That's what I think makes a film really stand out.

~Felicity Jones

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I knew it was called 'Dunkirk,' Christopher Nolan was directing it, and it was a war film. That was all anyone knew.

~Fionn Whitehead

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Directing is more comfortable for me because, as an actor, there's always something inherently false. Because I'm not that person.

~Forest Whitaker

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France isn't just any country in Europe, and its president is not an ordinary leader in the world. Sometimes directing or leading the way is not enough, he has to initiate policies, as Nicolas Sarkozy was able to demonstrate during his term.

~Francois Hollande

Topics: Able Any Country Demonstrate Directing Enough Europe France He His Initiate Just Leader Leading Ordinary Policies President Sometimes Term Way World

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I discovered that my biggest passion was for directing, so in making opportunity for myself, I found what I like doing the best.

~Frankie Shaw

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Directing a movie is serious, it's not a joke.

~Fred Durst

Topics: Directing Joke Movie Serious

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