Cinema Quote by Abbas Kiarostami

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to…

— Anthony Minghella

Well, I consider myself as much as a filmmaker as a moviegoer.

— Alexandre Desplat

I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all.

— James Cameron

Long, long before I became a filmmaker I was talking to killers. Filmmaking was an after thought.

— Errol Morris

Well I don't think of myself as like a horror or science fiction filmmaker. I just think of myself as a filmmaker.

— Panos Cosmatos

I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.

— Conrad Hall

I see myself much more as a writer/director or at least an aspiring writer/director - not necessarily in film.

— Ricky Gervais

I didn't know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called 'Cold…

— John Ridley

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

— Kathryn Bigelow

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

— Antoine Fuqua

But I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor.

— Evan Glodell

I am not a director or a writer, but a filmmaker.

— Frances McDormand