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I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write.

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.

I still don't know much about directing a movie.

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.

And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always the goal - to be a novelist, not a screenwriter. And I think, again, if I didn't have the novels, maybe I'd be much more frustrated by not having directed yet.

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.

I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation.

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 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.