Amateur Quote by Mike Birbiglia

In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just going to…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

— Dustin Hoffman

In my career, I've said 'no' many times. I am often offered to direct a film from someone else's screenplay.

— Alice Rohrwacher

I didn't make a film because I wanted a starring role. I made a film because I wanted to tell a story and I…

— Ben Drew

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

Never take no for an answer. It took me 20 years between the time I wrote my first screenplay and the time I actually…

— Julie Delpy

I wanted to direct long before I'd even written a screenplay.

— Peter Hedges

I worked with some directors, and it was really collaborative, and I was sort of writing with them. I was giving so many pieces…

— Paddy Considine

I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write.

— Anthony Minghella

I never thought I would direct a film.

— Sajid Nadiadwala

I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is…

— Charlie Kaufman

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

— Ava DuVernay