Always Quote by Jonathan Ke Quan

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.

— Gavin O'Connor

I grew up on Spielberg and Lucas. That was sort of what inspired me to make movies.

— Rick Famuyiwa

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

My dad couldn't connect to my wanting to be a filmmaker. He was very connected in entertainment, and through him I met Steven Spielberg…

— Doug Liman

I've wanted to make movies ever since I was a kid. I knew that was my goal.

— Shane Dawson

I got into film school thinking I was going to make features, like every other film geek.

— Hiro Murai

I wanted to make films since I was young. My background had nothing to do with anything creative, so it seemed an impossible task.

— Andrew Haigh

Though I am born into a film family, I hardly had much exposure to shooting during my growing years. My first film actually taught…

— Alia Bhatt

I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have…

— Ava DuVernay

I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the actor telling…

— Matthew Vaughn

I've always wanted to do it. I know a lot of people say that, but I really did want to make films, even when…

— Gareth Edwards

I came out of film school and went after movies that I thought audiences wanted to see or that the studios wanted, as opposed…

— Simon Kinberg