Accident Quote by Matthew Heineman

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

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 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

I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.

— Damien Chazelle

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

— Susan Griffin

I knew that I always wanted to be a filmmaker, an actor, a writer and a director, that was always my plan.

— Jaime King

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

— Dermot Mulroney

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 at Columbia and did that for a couple years and really thought I was going to be a filmmaker,…

— Scott Adsit

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

— Patrice Leconte

I never had the guts to tell my parents that I wanted to be a filmmaker. I had to take a very long route…

— Vivek Agnihotri

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