American Quote by Soledad O'Brien

I tried documentaries.It wasn't the time for me. I was going to try to do the same thing, I did make a valiant attempt…

— Oprah Winfrey

Right before 'American Dreams,' I started to pursue these avenues, like short films and getting into a couple night courses to really study photography…

— Tom Verica

I think when I envisioned my documentaries, what I wanted to do when I left, I had no business doing those documentaries. I didn't…

— Chelsea Handler

I got out of school in 2000, and I always wanted to be on 'This American Life,' since I first started telling stories. And…

— Mike Birbiglia

I, too, started off as a short filmmaker - though none of them have been screened, it served as a practice session to help…

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

I've produced a couple of films and really enjoyed starting it from the very beginning and seeing it all the way through to the…

— Jeff Bridges

I started as a journalist for magazines in New York City, so it was always storytelling. And moving into movies was a natural transition.

— Bruce Feirstein

The dream of doing what I do started with watching movies by Mr. Spielberg, like 'Close Encounters,' 'Poltergeist,' and 'E.T.' That was the beginning…

— Marti Noxon

I spent a couple of years doing American films. I did a few.

— Donnie Yen

I did Air America for two reasons: to be in a movie with Mel Gibson and to make a bunch of money. And then…

— Robert Downey, Jr

The single most eye-opening experience for me and what propelled me to become a filmmaker was that I started to see films from other…

— Lee Isaac Chung

I think I've had a bit of a stop-start career. I came onto the scene quite early, and then I paused for a bit.

— Jack Grealish