A lecturer once told me I could never be a director. I was 16. I believed him.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
From the age of 14, I wanted to be a director.
I didn't plan to be a director until I was 35. For years I wanted to do anything but!
In a weird way, when I was looking back, I didn't know I was going to be a director until I was.
When I grow up, I still want to be a director.
I started my career as an actor, but I've been a director for 15 years now.
At school, I decided I wanted to be a director and then I went out and spent the rest of my adult life trying to be a director. It was really clear to me. So in that sense I was very lucky.
I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.
I first started working in film when I was 17. I was a director's assistant, an editor.
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.