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I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

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.

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

Film is something I've always loved since I was very young. In fact, I actually wanted to study to be a filmmaker when I was younger.

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

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

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.

Why did I want to become a director? I just had an early interest. My uncle was an actor in a local community theatre, and he ultimately persuaded me and a buddy of mine to come to that theatre, and we went to meet girls, and that turned into interested in kind of behind-the-scenes things, and from that point on, I was focused.

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