Acting Quote by Justin Chadwick

I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.

— Matthew Gray Gubler

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

— Antoine Fuqua

I took myself out of the business to study film at NYU and the School of Visual Arts. I grew up on movie sets…

— Devin Ratray

I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film…

— Park Chan-wook

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

— Dermot Mulroney

I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in…

— Mel Smith

I started learning filmmaking by joining a weekend film school in Bengaluru. I made some amateur short films that got appreciation from people around…

— Karthik Subbaraj

I worked in feature film casting right out of college and spent a lot of time working with actors, directors, and producers.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned has been…

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it…

— Sam Taylor-Wood

Films just happened to me. After coming to the industry, I became dedicated.

— Navya Nair

I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.

— Robert Carlyle