Cinema Quote by Lynne Ramsay

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

— Richard LaGravenese

I didn't go to film school; I studied fine art - I learned how to be a filmmaker on everybody else's money.

— Steve Carr

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 never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned anything; I never went…

— Olivier Megaton

I didn't dream about being a director. I didn't know I wanted to do something with film until the summer between my sophomore and…

— Spike Lee

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 didn't plan to be a director until I was 35. For years I wanted to do anything but!

— Alexandra Cassavetes

I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do!…

— Liam Neeson

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 almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck with film…

— James Brolin

I always wanted to be a director. And I make films that I like.

— Dileesh Pothan

I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead…

— Ira Sachs