There are plenty of writers who are going to become a director after their next job, but no one will believe you're a director unless you believe it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have no idea what makes a director believe in me that I can sell these kind of roles.
When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
Oddly, in a sense, I still have more confidence as a director than my ability as a writer. Somehow, directing is just really easy. It's just about being really honest about how you feel about what you're seeing.
One of the challenges of being a director is often you don't get to work with your peers. You know, writers can write together, and as a director you get to work with so many wonderful actors and writers and designers. But it's pretty rare that you get a chance to partner in that way with another director.
I don't really have a drive toward being a director at all. Not that I wouldn't rule it out, but I just don't think my instincts lie necessarily in a very visual way. But I am very interested in storytelling, narrative and character development, so writing is something that I absolutely want to do.
Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.
I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.
I don't even know if I can call myself a director.
You can't always expect to work with a director who guarantees success.
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.