Anthony Minghella Quotes

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.

Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to take screenwriting classes and learn more about behind the scenes stuff, because I love people like Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig who are able to write a lot of their own material and be so involved in everything they do.

When I make a film - I direct my own film, I write my own script - that's what I want to hear from the audience. 'Oh, thank you, Jackie!'

I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.

My dream would be producing, maybe directing - definitely not writing - one feature film.

I like to produce my own movies.

I eventually want to write and direct and produce my own stuff.

I see myself directing, writing, doing my own TV shows and movies.

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 always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense. If you're a writer who is also going to direct, you're doing all your preparation: You're already visualizing everything, you're imagining how the lines are going to be read, you see the blocking in your head, and you know the rhythm and the pacing.

Everyone that I meet always wants me to direct, but whenever I think of directing, I think of aligning shots. I'd definitely have to write and direct something. But I don't know if I could.

When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.

It's a great luxury for me to be able to write on the films that I direct, and kind of a nice thing to be able to write enough to get credit, which is difficult for a director.

I want to write and direct a movie one day.

I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct.

I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can.

I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don't come out of playwriting or anything like that.

I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.'

I don't direct movies for a living.

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.

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

As far as I'm concerned, I 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.