Jeff Baena Quotes

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.

I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates.

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing.

I want to continue to make beautiful movies. The most important thing is to be a part of beautiful stories, that's all I want. So I don't care if it's a Hollywood movie or an independent movie or a Spanish or American movie. I care about telling stories.

I am not born to make dreamy movies.

I like writing and directing. I enjoy telling stories, and I think it's born in a comedian to end up directing.

I never think of myself as a celebrity - or even an actor, actually. I think of myself as a writer-director.

Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.

I'd love to direct, I'd love to produce. I'd love to learn all about it, and being around it all the time certainly helps.

I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such.

For me, I see filmmaking as art.

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

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

I want to write, act, and direct!

I've always wanted to make movies.

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 directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge.

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

I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie. An idea's an idea.

I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.

I think ever since I was preteen I wanted to direct movies and tell stories.

I think of making a movie in such a romantic way.

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

Filmmaking is such a collaborative medium.

I've had some success at writing and directing, and I like it. It's infinitely more creative than just acting, and I have things I want to say and do.