Catalyst Quote by Sam Taylor-Wood

I started in theatre, and that took me into film and television.

— Kerris Dorsey

My dad's a prominent theatre director in Toronto, so I grew up in that world, directing and producing theater since I was a teenager.…

— Ed Gass-Donnelly

I wanted to do film. I was living in New York and working in theater, but I always wanted to do film.

— Christopher Lloyd

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

— Antoine Fuqua

Growing up in Hollywood, like I did, I have a passion and a love for the movies, so I go to the cinema all…

— Leonard Slatkin

I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have…

— Ava DuVernay

I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make…

— Gus Van Sant

I enjoyed working in films.

— Poonam Dhillon

I'd wanted to be a writer and when I came back to New York worked as a musician too, but I found my writing…

— Jim Jarmusch

Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting - I sing…

— Christopher Lee

After college, I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television…

— Justin Chadwick

I grew up doing musical theatre in L.A. at this sort of children's theatre/community that was kind of my escape from school and such…

— Molly Gordon