Being Quote by Anand Mahindra

I wanted to be a filmmaker since I was a kid. I always did things that took me a little closer to that.

— Justin Simien

Well before I was in a band, I wanted to be everything from a vet, an astronaut, an archeologist was a big one. It…

— Joan Jett

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

— Patrice Leconte

I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I could…

— Ted Nelson

I was blessed enough to know that I wanted to be a filmmaker when I was a kid, the first time I realized that…

— Justin Simien

I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when…

— Roger Bannister

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.

— Tom Hooper

I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.

— Damien Chazelle

I found out I wanted to be a filmmaker almost by accident after graduating from college in 2005.

— Matthew Heineman

To join or not to join films was the biggest choice I had to make. I'd done two years of biogenetic engineering, was an…

— Amisha Patel

I was focused on either being a social worker or physiotherapist. That was the direction I was going until I met a girl who…

— Lennie James

I always wanted to be a filmmaker and became one through sheer single-mindedness. I came to filmmaking from a background in graphic design. I…

— Neil Marshall