Cinema Quote by Ben Drew

I always wanted to write movies that I'd direct. I didn't come at it from a writing standpoint more than a directing standpoint, except…

— Noah Baumbach

I never thought I would direct a film.

— Sajid Nadiadwala

I wanted to make films before I wanted to be an actor.

— Harris Dickinson

I always wanted to direct a film.

— Poonam Dhillon

I wanted to make a movie about filmmaking and I didn't want to make a movie that took place in Hollywood.

— Ti West

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

Before I became an actor, I was a producer and a visual effects supervisor. Our industry wasn't making the kind of films I was…

— Rana Daggubati

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.

— Peter Jackson

When I work, I'm the actor. I'm going to do my job. I'm not going to direct the movie. If I wanted to direct…

— Tom Cruise

When I did my first film, I didn't have formal training; I didn't work under any director. I really didn't know how to make…

— Mani Ratnam

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

— Dustin Hoffman

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer.

— Kirk Douglas