When people repeat a spoken statement, they can either use a more descriptive (indirect speech) or a more depictive form (direct speech). Both forms of reported speech are often combined with pointing gestures to guide attention or clarify a statement. However, it is unclear how the choice of reported speech form affects the understanding of a pointing gesture. We hypothesized that a gesture accompanied by an indirect statement is generally understood as indicating the object at which the speaker points. In contrast, the same gesture accompanied by direct speech can be understood as a bodily quotation, and hence, the receiver might adopt the perspective of the cited person. To test this, an experimenter and a participant sat opposite to each other, with a movie poster behind each of them. The experimenter told a short story about a student who used to sit in the participant’s chair. At the end, the experimenter repeated a statement by the student about his favorite movie – either in direct or indirect speech – while always pointing to the poster in front of him. Participants were then asked to name the student's favorite movie and rate their confidence in their answer. Generally, most participants chose the poster the experimenter pointed at, regardless of the condition. Moreover, we found that the confidence ratings were not affected by the form of reported speech. These findings suggest that pointing gestures are perceived as informative in the way that they directly indicate an object regardless of the reported speech form’s intention.