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I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.

I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.

There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I thought, I'd really like to do that.

Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.

Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director.

I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.

I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me - I still watch silent films.

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.

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.