Clarity Quote by Tom Hooper

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

— Patrice Leconte

I was blessed enough to know that I wanted to be a filmmaker when I was a kid, the first time I realized that…

— Justin Simien

I wanted to be a filmmaker since I was a kid. I always did things that took me a little closer to that.

— Justin Simien

I never had the guts to tell my parents that I wanted to be a filmmaker. I had to take a very long route…

— Vivek Agnihotri

By the time I was 10 or 11, I knew I wanted to make films.

— Christopher Nolan

When I was 20 years old, I had no plans to ever be a filmmaker.

— Spike Jonze

I came out to Hollywood when I was just 18, and my dad, he was really into Hollywood and theater and art, and I…

— Bill Paxton

I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.

— Damien Chazelle

When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when I finished…

— Agnes Varda

My earliest memory of actually definitely wanting to be a filmmaker was when I got thrown out of class when I was 10 and…

— Gareth Edwards

I found out I wanted to be a filmmaker almost by accident after graduating from college in 2005.

— Matthew Heineman

By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.

— Michael Mann