Cases Quote by Sean Penn

When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. Thats what…

— John Patrick Shanley

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision,…

— Donnie Yen

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

— Ava DuVernay

If you look at any of my movies I write, direct, edit, and produce them.

— Ti West

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

I think you direct a movie just to express your own self.

— Gaspar Noe

When I write a movie, I write it for me.

— Taylor Sheridan

I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies.

— Obie Trice

When I'm writing a movie, it's usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury of being…

— J. C. Chandor

I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation.

— Jeff Kinney

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

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

— Alice Rohrwacher