Aspiring Director Quotes

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

When I started acting, my mom said, "If you want to go to film school and eventually direct, being on set is probably the best film school in the world." I'm incredibly grateful for the career I've had, but I was an actor to be a part of movies and TV, not the other way around.

That was okay [ working with George Clooney]. One of these days I'll work with a good director.

I am often asked at what point in my love affair with films I began to want to be a director or a critic. Truthfully, I don't know. All I know is that I wanted to get closer and closer to films.

I will direct one day, but I have a feeling that it will be very limited.

I love actors who are wonderful - like John Cusack and Russell Crowe, and wouldn't it be a treat to eventually direct them one day.

When I started trying to become a director, I started shooting low budget short films, 50-dollar music videos, making my own stuff. That eventually led to commercials.

When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.

I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I went to art school and tried a bunch of different things, but I knew I wanted to do something in the visual arts. And I'd always been around my dad's film sets, so the interest was there. But I didn't have the guts to say, "I want to be a director," especially coming from that family.

I knew I wanted to direct since I was a kid. That was something I was always fascinated by and wanted to experience and see if I would be any good at it.

I'm not a famous director yet, and I'm not into fame. I like to just work. As a director, as an actor, whatever people consider me is fine with me.

I'd like to direct more operas.

I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct.

I started my production house with the idea of directing one day.

Because I've always aspired to direct and produce, I've literally worked with about 200 directors and countless producers, so what I appreciate is how, through osmosis and through actually asking questions and through people offering wisdom, there's a lot in there.

I think actors make for very good directors, and I would like to do that one day.

The problem is, you see, I've just got so many subjects I want to direct.

The first film I directed (Explicit Ills), I did when I was like 27 years old. I had been an actor for a certain amount of time, and then I was like, "I want to start directing."

I have a pathetic urge at some stage in my life to be able to pull out my wallet and pull out a little card on which it would say, 'Kenneth Branagh, artistic director.'

I want to direct. Definitely a goal of mine.

I always wanted to direct. I always saw myself as a director.

I hope to direct a feature very soon. That is a big goal for me. I'm looking forward to hopefully getting that opportunity.

My dream is to become a director. I want to direct a Hindi film.

I wanted to direct long before I'd even written a screenplay.

Start producing, some writing, directing is definitely what I want to do and I'll be doing a lot more in the future as well.