Cinema Quote by Kathryn Bigelow

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to…

— Anthony Minghella

I never intended to be a director in the first place. I became one by default when during 'Shaheed' I had to direct the…

— Manoj Kumar

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.

— Peter Jackson

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 still don't know much about directing a movie.

— Jason Alexander

When I was acting, I did not have any directorial plans in my mind then. But I did not enjoy acting as much as…

— Divya Khosla Kumar

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

— Steve Antin

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

And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always…

— David Benioff

I didn't write to become a director, which many people do.

— Richard LaGravenese

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

— Joseph Morgan

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