Always Quote by Reed Morano

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good…

— Kevin Spacey

Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

— John Lasseter

I was drawn to painting and filmmaking because I was interested in communicating visually, which spills over into my tendencies as a writer.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I'm ultimately drawn to film many kinds of stories if they are sort of about unlocking the secrets of our human potential.

— Karyn Kusama

I started out doing music videos and photography, and I always loved writing. Filmmaking seemed to be a good compilation of all these skills…

— Brendan Fletcher

I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

— Paul Verhoeven

If there's an opportunity to tell a story through acting or directing or cinematography or a book, I will embrace that opportunity.

— Costa Ronin

Being a cinematographer taught me a lot. I got to expedite the visions of many directors and learned how to navigate many styles and…

— Reed Morano

My sensibility is such that I automatically get drawn to films that have a good story, good characterization.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

I felt like I was a writer, and I just thought filmmaking was the best way for me to express that, because it allows…

— Lena Dunham

Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller.

— Abbas Kiarostami

The best filmmakers, I think, have always had very narrow frameworks for their stories, and then they can go deeply, rather than skimming the…

— Paul Auster