Concentration Quote by Abbas Kiarostami

When I did my first film, I had a fair idea of what I liked and what I didn't while watching an actor in…

— Mani Ratnam

All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often…

— Cynthia Voigt

I wanted to become a director before I wanted to become a writer. When I was 10, people would ask me what I wanted…

— Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

I tried to take advantage of the fact that I was not used to making a movie. Movies are still so new to me…

— Joann Sfar

Before I decided to concentrate on writing, I drew pictures and painted, and made Super 8 experimental movies. I was the singer in three…

— Dennis Cooper

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell…

— Mike White

I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then…

— John Francis

I wanted to do films because I loved certain stories.

— Nushrat Bharucha

I've always known that I've wanted to write, but I always saw myself doing that in the context of something other than film, so…

— Sarah Polley

When I was a kid, I was always going to bed creating a story, and that was the birth of filmmaking for me. I…

— Denis Villeneuve

When I'm making a movie, it's making use of my creative juices, and it fills me up with what really is - I think…

— Gerard Butler

I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what those movies have done for me.…

— Jay Duplass