--- title: "4 Jen McGowan Quotes - Famous Film director" description: "American film director... | Jen McGowan is an American filmmaker. At the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival, McGowan won the Gamechanger Award for Ke..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-jen-mcgowan-68092.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jen McGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-jen-mcgowan-68092.jpg) # Jen McGowan Film Director **4** quotes in **33** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jen McGowan is a film director. ## Quick Facts About Jen McGowan Profession Film Director ## About Jen McGowan American film director... \| Jen McGowan is an American filmmaker. At the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival, McGowan won the Gamechanger Award for Kelly & Cal, her first feature film. McGowan is the creator of filmpowered.com, an international skill-sharing, networking and job resource for professional women in film and tel ## Quotes by Jen McGowan > [As a director who does not like to write, I am always looking for scripts that I can contribute to through directing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jen-mcgowan/as-a-director-who-does-not-like-to-write-i-am-always-looking-for/) [Jen McGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-mcgowan/) [Add](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/add/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/jen-mcgowan-68092_add_as-a-director-who-does-not-like-to-write_223017.jpg) > [For me, when you're casting known talent, you're not just casting their performances. You're casting the public's relationship with them, their public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jen-mcgowan/for-me-when-you-re-casting-known-talent-you-re-not-just-casting-their/) [Jen McGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-mcgowan/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/jen-mcgowan-68092_casting_for-me-when-you-re-casting-known-talent_1263922.jpg) > [I sometimes hear people say women don't want to direct studio films, but I do. I want to direct big films, little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jen-mcgowan/i-sometimes-hear-people-say-women-don-t-want-to-direct-studio-films/) [Jen McGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-mcgowan/) [Bigs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/jen-mcgowan-68092_bigs_i-sometimes-hear-people-say-women-don-t_2799036.jpg) > [Find something you love and commit. Commit 100%. Put your head down, and work as hard as you can. Make it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jen-mcgowan/find-something-you-love-and-commit-commit-100-put-your-head-down-and/) [Jen McGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-mcgowan/) [Commit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/commit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/jen-mcgowan-68092_commit_find-something-you-love-and-commit-commi_2995154.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-mcgowan/#itemlist", "name": "Jen McGowan Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As a director who does not like to write, I am always looking for scripts that I can contribute to through directing. 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