Action Quote by Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director.

— Jay Baruchel

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

— Peter Stormare

I think, to be a director, sometimes you need to have certain hunches - you have to believe in some gut feeling.

— Wong Kar-wai

Honestly, I always had the silent ambition of being a director.

— Arbaaz Khan

I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me…

— Alain Resnais

I've always wanted to be a director; it's just how my mind has always worked. If I hear music, I see music videos and…

— Noel Wells

I started as a director and just fell upon acting.

— Danny Huston

You know, what is so curious about being a director is that you never get on anybody else's set and see how they do…

— Niki Caro

I have always been a director first and the whole acting thing just happened because none of my friends wanted to be in my…

— Shane Dawson

I think I have been stereotyped as an action director in Hollywood, so all I got were the action scripts.

— John Woo

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

When I began to direct, I discovered that I was much more comfortable than I was acting.

— Phyllida Lloyd