There's got to be something you want to tell and that's the engine which spurs all of the work you have to do in order to create the story, but you have to love some sort of nugget of what you're telling to be a filmmaker.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have always believed that directing a film is like telling a story. You have to tell it well so that it is appreciated.
If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don't stay on the one. Keep moving forward and doing what you can to tell whatever story you can tell, be it via writing, be it via filming it.
The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.
As a filmmaker, the only way that I understand how to make a film is holistically.
I learned that you have to say that you're a filmmaker. You're not a screenwriter; you're not a director for hire. You've got to take charge. You're a filmmaker, and you're going to make a film.
It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.
Every filmmaker's just going to keep trying to make it the best you can make it: make it as potent and interesting and entertaining and exciting and tough and sexy as you can.
I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.
I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.
If you want to tell stories, be a writer, not a filmmaker.