Quotes About Expression

I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.

Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance.

I love writing. I think writing and directing go hand in hand.

I have always believed that directing a film is like telling a story. You have to tell it well so that it is appreciated.

The directing is something that is incredibly satisfying to me and challenging to me because it's asking me to draw on everything I've been able to absorb over all these years of acting and having all this set experience.

Directing films is incredibly exciting to me.

I know that when I'm writing, I always want to be directing.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

Directing is so dope to me, man, 'cause it doesn't necessarily have to be your material. You're making someone else's material come to life. There's something amazing about that.

The good part is once I start directing, I can choose the songs I want to do. I'm just selective now when it comes to choreography.

There's something that comes into you that's so exciting when you're directing.

That's what interests me about film: directing.

I like to express myself fully with my body, with my language, with my voice, and through directing.

When I'm directing a film, I can't do any more than appear in a song.

I love directing, and I will direct myself a few times.

I like writing and directing. I enjoy telling stories, and I think it's born in a comedian to end up directing.

When you're a comic doing a special, it's like you're directing your first movie.

The sensibility I brought to directing was similar to what I bring when I write.

I completely love directing.

When I'm acting, I'm a woman but when I am directing, I am an animal because I am very demanding.

Whether it's making music or directing a video, whatever we do we do it quickly.

My eccentricity became direction.

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.

The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd heard enough... to get the machine going.