Ambition Quote by David Thewlis

When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.

— Gaspard Ulliel

I have no directing ambition whatsoever. And as long as I meet filmmakers like Tom Hooper, Stephen Frears, and others who allow that collaboration,…

— Peter Morgan

I've been producing projects, and I hope that It's inevitable one day that I direct a film. I have a lot of things I…

— Adrien Brody

I'm an actor who loves to direct film, if I find something that I'm compelled to do and want to spend three or four…

— Ed Harris

I have been approached to direct films, but I think everybody has their limits. For me, I want to focus all my energy and…

— Gong Li

As filmmakers, you're not working on just one project, you're producing something, directing something, shooting something, and so it becomes hard to do it…

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

You can take your life into your own hands in terms of directing. There are ways for you to finance yourself and to write…

— Lee Grant

When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to…

— Sofia Coppola

Although I feel directing is a lot more challenging, fulfilling and satisfying, it is also far more stressful & consuming. This is why I…

— Nandita Das

I produce more movies than I write, but when I write, it is such an immersive, intense process that it probably takes as much…

— Simon Kinberg

I am not interested in churning out a certain number of films every year. For me, it's about the quality of work. I think…

— Deepika Padukone

Every aspect of filmmaking has lured me. Although I'm an actor now, one day, I'd like to direct a film. It's not as though…

— Nivin Pauly