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I didn't have any set idea of what kind of filmmaker I wanted to be. I knew I wanted to tell stories that meant…

— Richard Linklater

I've hardly had an avant-garde career ... If you're going to make a film, you have to try to make sure it comes out…

— Alan J. Pakula

I didn't want to get stuck being seen as 'an indie filmmaker.'

— Nia DaCosta

At some point, you have an opportunity to not be a first-time filmmaker anymore. You can embrace the genre and show the world how…

— Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

I've always been interested in directing, writing, and producing, so when I went behind the scenes, it was like a whole new world that…

— Marsai Martin

I wanted to write a film and I thought the best way to do so was to train myself within the field... It was…

— Michelle Rodriguez

I became a filmmaker because I wanted to deal with issues that intrigued me, that I thought were pertinent, that would start dialogue.

— Justin Lin

I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I could…

— Ted Nelson

I never wanted to be a filmmaker. I still, sometimes, think I got sidetracked by this, like this is a tangent. My main thing…

— Taika Waititi

I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never really made…

— Nicholas Meyer

I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point.

— Jack Nicholson

I originally went to school to be a filmmaker. And so it's a big part of how I think and how I write. And…

— Lindsey Stirling