While the FBI carries out investigative work, the responsibility for supervising, directing and ultimately determining the resolution of investigations is solely the province of the Justice...

There are so many factors that go into directing. It's honestly a logistical nightmare for a lead to direct themselves in an episode.

Going forward, I would love to work with directors like Rian Johnson and Joss Whedon; people like that who are doing big films but do have really independent voices. That's kind of what I want to...

I would love to act in the remake of 'Pushpak.' However, I would expect to be given the same freedom that director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao gave us on the sets of the film.

What I do have to get across is the truth of the moment within the given scene. It's my job, as a director and screenwriter, to create the environment in which all those moments will come together...

Whether I'm acting, writing, or directing, I want to tell the truth about human beings, especially my folk.

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.

I strongly believe that producing and directing will not go together. If you want to be producer, don't direct.

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important.

Directing a film is a lot of work.

The primary relationship on a film, where possible, should be between the director and writer.

Well, I'm directing a lot of television these days.

My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learning, I'll stop working.

Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging.

Magic is all about directing attention. If I didn't want you to look at my right hand then I don't look at it.

I think, in a lot of ways, directing is puppeteering. I guess I see a lot of analogies between what puppeteers and filmmakers do. There's something about creating life out of things that have no life.

I come from a generation that had no monitors on the sets. You had to go with the director's conviction and be happy with it. I still work like that.

Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great!

As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.

I have very strong relationships with my actors when I'm shooting. When you love an actor's work, you always feel you have to go further, and you make several films together. One film just gives you...

I like a director who is very observant and is watching what I'm doing and noticing what I'm doing but is giving me time to figure it out. They don't jump right in and give you a note before you've...

Directing a film in Hindi is definitely on the cards.

I started directing chamber orchestras, then adding bigger pieces, adding winds, adding small symphonies. I've always loved chamber music, and I've done a lot.

To say directing was a long-stewing ambition doesn't cover it. If you cut me open, you'd see it.

Directing Suriya is a joy. He was my first and last choice for the role of Capt. Gopinath.

I always like to give and present my actors in a different look.

Acting is fun, but directing is very stressful.