Stephen Fry Quotes

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.

For me, it's not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences.

I think it is a wonderful process of transformation from an actress to a producer.

I'm always writing, but directing takes priority over everything, unless the acting is a job that lifts that whole brand. If I get a part in a big film with a big director and I was going to direct one of my one films, I would take the former job because that job will only help anything that I then intend to do. I think in the long run, directing is the thing that will outlive everything else. Maybe that and writing.

I've had fun doing romantic comedies, but I just can't anymore. There's nothing fulfilling creatively, there's nowhere to grow, nothing to learn from it or for yourself. I'd rather just be home with my family or write music until that special project comes my way.

I would always get a lot of work as a writer, but that wasn't what I wanted to be. For me, I was only doing half of what I really wanted to do - write and direct.

After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.

I don't look at it as a career. I've just made a few films, and I want to make a few more.

I would have never thought when I was a young actor that I would want to direct.

I want to work and work on better films, projects and myself.

I want to write more and direct more, but only so I can keep practising my craft and be involved in the projects that really interest me.

My acting, writing, performance - keep me on my toes.

Ever since I was a little kid I was obsessed with films, and I always wanted to make them

I've wanted to make movies ever since I was a kid. I knew that was my goal.

I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct.

I want to be a part of films that elate me and resonate with me.

My directing opportunities have been awesome, and my acting opportunities, some have been great and some have not.

My life and career is defined by the constant pursuit of new forms of culture and self-expression.

When you're young, and you're doing stuff, you're making music, directing, making art, it's all future directed. You want to change stuff onward. And when you get older - this applies to me - you think about the things you want to do and how it will be perceived by your children one day.

I ended up falling in love with the whole movie-making experience.

I actually didn't really start to get into the research of film until I was much older. I decided I wanted to direct a lot earlier than I started to do the research, which is really strange, but it is the case.

By the time I finished my first three films, I realised this is something I want to do for a long time, learn, and grow in.

Even if I do one or two films a year, what is important is whether I'm getting to do the kind of work that I'm interested in.

I'm actively looking for things to direct again. I had such an amazing experience on this. I really am spoiled.

I think it seems like a natural progression to go into directing, and I hope to explore more of it, because it's very exciting and a really good way to collide all the things that you've known and experienced in the business and put them all into one.