Dee Rees Quotes

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.

I've been a writer for years, but it was mainly as a function of trying to be a director, so I just got work as a writer. I want to keep directing.

I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.

It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing, making movies.

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.

When I have a chance to make some movies, I am 200 percent to concentrate about my works.

Acting is always going to be number one, but what I learned in film school, I want to make that happen too, so I'm going to actually start working on my own.

The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would rather make the movies, and I'm a better moviemaker than I would be writer.

A great screenplay makes everybody step up to the bar and deliver.

I enjoyed directing, and I really found that it was a great new field to try my hand in.

I've always loved movies since I was a kid. I loved how they could make me happy, sad, or just show me different parts of the world and people. So when I was about six, I decided that that was what I wanted to do: make movies.

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.

I made my first movie when I was five.

Once you know how to make a movie, you can't not make a movie.

I always have a backlog of like seven movies that I want to make.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

I want to make my own films from my own scripts based on stories I want to tell, but they take time to put together.

It's a new business for me to be a filmmaker.

I have no interest whatsoever in pursuing acting or becoming a mogul. I love writing and directing; I see those two jobs as the most critical in the making of a film.

I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies.

I want to get into producing and writing more for myself - setting up my own films and seeing what kind of personal touch I can put on movies, as opposed to just being in them.

I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibly difficult, and I thought, 'How am I going to make a film if I can't write?' I didn't really comprehend that someone else would do that bit.

I started watching movies my grandpa did, and I saw what an impact they made on the world. That's when I said, 'Hey, I want to do that too.'

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing.

A film maker is a very intelligent man. Do not underestimate him.