Bigger Quote by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

If you want to tell stories, be a writer, not a filmmaker.

— Peter Greenaway

There's got to be something you want to tell and that's the engine which spurs all of the work you have to do in…

— Bradley Cooper

The interesting thing is that when you start out, people have no judgment and they see you young and fresh as a filmmaker -…

— Marc Forster

Sometimes, I think it's important to be a filmmaker first and be able to talk about whatever you want to after that.

— Justin Lin

I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.

— Ira Sachs

If you have to become a filmmaker, find a story that takes you away, and tell that story. Don't think about whether it's going…

— Anne Makepeace

I encourage first time filmmakers to be ambitious and take chances and risks, because you never know where your career is going to go.

— Michael B. Jordan

I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never really made…

— Nicholas Meyer

I still go see films for entertainment, and I love them, but for me as a filmmaker, I really want to have a purpose…

— Charlie McDowell

My advice to first time filmmakers is believe in yourself and the message you want to give in the film you are making.

— Lisa Immordino Vreeland

I keep trying to train myself to stop saying 'filmmaker' and start saying 'storyteller.' We're telling stories.

— Christine Vachon

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with

— Sophie Marceau