Always Quote by Mark Romanek

I always wanted to be a filmmaker and became one through sheer single-mindedness. I came to filmmaking from a background in graphic design. I…

— Neil Marshall

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

— Jeremy Davies

I was going to go to a four-year college and be an anthropologist or to an art school and be an illustrator when a…

— George Lucas

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

— Susan Griffin

I wanted to be a filmmaker since I was a kid. I always did things that took me a little closer to that.

— Justin Simien

I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

I got into film school thinking I was going to make features, like every other film geek.

— Hiro Murai

I was blessed enough to know that I wanted to be a filmmaker when I was a kid, the first time I realized that…

— Justin Simien

I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.

— Zach Braff

I graduated from the American Film Institute in 2010, where I studied as a director, and came out with a few features I really…

— Ari Aster

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

— Patrice Leconte

I felt film is art and there are people that constructed that art - and that made me want to be a filmmaker.

— Simon Kinberg