Direct Quote by Melanie Laurent

I probably complained more when I was younger. The movie industry can be frustrating but I think sometimes I could have been more helpful,…

— Val Kilmer

I wasn't a frustrated writer who really wanted to act or a frustrated writer who really wanted to direct. I was really happy writing…

— Leigh Whannell

It was always my intention to direct. I went to film school. And then I wanted to know how to work with actors, so…

— Benn Northover

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

— Peter Jackson

I was frustrated. I was doing some bad movies, movies that I knew going in were not going to be great.

— Joan Chen

I think the joy of wanting to direct is having that nervous anxiety knowing your film is about to be shown and you're sitting…

— Renee O'Connor

If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.

— Adam Brody

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director.…

— Vincent Cassel

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 never thought I would direct a film.

— Sajid Nadiadwala

Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't…

— Ray Harryhausen

I always wanted to write movies that I'd direct. I didn't come at it from a writing standpoint more than a directing standpoint, except…

— Noah Baumbach