Cinema Quote by Errol Morris

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

— Patrice Leconte

I didn't just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people who had…

— Abbas Kiarostami

Well, I consider myself as much as a filmmaker as a moviegoer.

— Alexandre Desplat

Well I don't think of myself as like a horror or science fiction filmmaker. I just think of myself as a filmmaker.

— Panos Cosmatos

I am a filmmaker. That is all I've ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about…

— Alton Brown

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

I wasn't predestined to be a filmmaker; this wasn't an obvious choice to me.

— Rithy Panh

Filmmaking is a language where you empathise with human situations. Unless you have empathy for characters, you shouldn't be a filmmaker.

— Rajiv Menon

I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are. You know…

— Antoine Fuqua

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

— Tom Hooper

I became a filmmaker because I wanted to deal with issues that intrigued me, that I thought were pertinent, that would start dialogue.

— Justin Lin

I don't necessarily see myself as an experienced filmmaker just because I've been in a few movies.

— Joel Edgerton