It is not always the path taken by big name actors, but many do get behind the camera, especially when their youth starts to fade. See which actors are also now directing movies.

Vera Farmiga directed "Higher Ground"

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Robert De Niro directed "A Bronx Tale" and "The Good Shepherd"

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Drew Barrymore directed "Whip It"

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Ben Stiller directed "Reality Bites" and "Tropic Thunder"

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Bill Murray directed "Quick Change"

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Ron Howard directed "A Beautiful Mind" and "The Da Vinci Code"

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Ben Affleck directed "The Town" and "Gone Baby Gone"

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George Clooney directed "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"

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Sarah Polley directed "Away from Her" and "Take This Waltz"

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Sean Penn directed "The Pledge" and "Into the Wild"

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Kevin Costner directed "Dances with Wolves" and "Waterworld"

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Jodie Foster directed "Little Man Tate"

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Mel Gibson directed "Braveheart" and "The Passion of the Christ"

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Barbra Streisand directed "The Prince of Tides" and "Yentl"

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Robert Redford directed "Ordinary People" and "The Horse Whisperer"

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Warren Beatty directed "Reds" and "Bulworth"

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Zach Braff directed "Garden State"

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Clint Eastwood directed "Unforgiven" and "Letters from Iwo Jima"

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Sylvester Stallone directed "Rambo" and "The Expendables"

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Salma Hayek directed "The Maldonado Miracle"

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