Accepted Quote by Ira Sachs

I found out I wanted to be a filmmaker almost by accident after graduating from college in 2005.

— Matthew Heineman

I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

— Dermot Mulroney

I didn't go to film school; I studied fine art - I learned how to be a filmmaker on everybody else's money.

— Steve Carr

I always wanted to be a filmmaker and became one through sheer single-mindedness. I came to filmmaking from a background in graphic design. I…

— Neil Marshall

I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck with film…

— James Brolin

I acted in my first film while in my second year of degree college, in 1978.

— Mohanlal

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

— Jeremy Davies

I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry.

— Ava DuVernay

I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years and really thought I was going to be a filmmaker,…

— Scott Adsit

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 didnt go to film school, i went to films

— Quentin Tarantino

I didn't go to film school. I didn't graduate college with an acting degree or a theater degree. I didn't have the traditional route…

— Camila Morrone