Blue Quote by Jack Nicholson

I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

— Paul Verhoeven

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

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

— Martin Donovan

I knew I wanted to be involved with theater or film in any way I could, either as a writer or director or actress.

— Greta Gerwig

You know what's it's changed is my appreciate for the art form of making cinema. I don't want to act as much as I…

— Jason Momoa

I always wanted to direct. I always saw myself as a director.

— Steve Antin

I thought I'd make a really great director because I'm an actor. Like, I thought I could really direct actors.

— Joseph Morgan

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

— James Franco

I was already in the industry as a costume designer and opportunities to act in films came naturally. I must have designed costumes for…

— Indrans

Even as an actor, much before I turned director or producer, I was somebody who was very involved with every film I was doing.…

— Prithviraj Sukumaran

I love creating bold, cinematic moments with my runway shows, so the idea of being a film director has always been appealing to me.

— Tommy Hilfiger

I wanted to direct when I was very young. I had no idea of cinema, of who's doing what. That was my first instinct:…

— Thomas Bidegain