Acting Quote by Divya Khosla Kumar

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

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

— Peter Jackson

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the…

— Jodie Foster

I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

— Austin Nichols

Directing was rarely a thought in my head growing up. Especially not when I first began acting or working on my first professional sets.

— Noah Centineo

Actually I have to say when I'm acting, I try not to think about directing at all.

— Renee O'Connor

I started as a director, but I was too bored with actors. I preferred to act.

— Peter Stormare

I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.

— Danica McKellar

Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.

— Martin Donovan

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to…

— Anthony Minghella

And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always…

— David Benioff

I enjoy the acting, but I didn't plan on that. It fell into my lap, and I'm having a lot of fun with it,…

— David Labrava