Animal Quote by Harold Ramis

I had read the Animal House script, and by hook and crook, I finally got an audition. It was a great one. John Landis…

— Tim Matheson

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.

— Cameron Crowe

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

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director. I spent a lot…

— Cameron Crowe

I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.

— Leonard Mlodinow

You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.

— Albert Brooks

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

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

— Peter Stormare

When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories.

— John Sayles

In my mid-20s, I was directing episodes of 'Alfred Hitchcock' and 'Peter Gunn.' I was pretty much on course and - as I sometimes…

— George Stevens, Jr

In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just going to…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I…

— Bruce Beresford