Answers Quote by Julie Delpy

I wanted to direct long before I'd even written a screenplay.

— Peter Hedges

In my career, I've said 'no' many times. I am often offered to direct a film from someone else's screenplay.

— Alice Rohrwacher

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

I always wanted to write movies that I'd direct. I didn't come at it from a writing standpoint more than a directing standpoint, except…

— Noah Baumbach

I never thought I would direct a film.

— Sajid Nadiadwala

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

— Ava DuVernay

You can take your life into your own hands in terms of directing. There are ways for you to finance yourself and to write…

— Lee Grant

I didn't make a film because I wanted a starring role. I made a film because I wanted to tell a story and I…

— Ben Drew

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

Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.

— Sydney Pollack

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is…

— Charlie Kaufman