Stephen Chbosky Quotes

I love writing and making films. What started as a hobby ultimately turned into my profession.

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.

My passion is becoming involved in good work, whether that means as an actor or writer or director or producer or all - that is not as important to me.

I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love with writing and directing.

I love writing. I think writing and directing go hand in hand.

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

'Warm Bodies' was a more long-term thing; I had to write the script, who knew if it was every really going to happen, if I'd find the right actors, and so on, so I grabbed '50/50' because I just fell in love with it.

Throughout my life I have taken detours in acting and writing, but art remains my abiding passion.

I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

I don't really make movies with an intention other than asking myself, 'Do I love the character, and do I love the story?'

My first love was always direction; I had worked hard as a film-maker but not as an actor.

I've always wanted to write, I've always wanted to direct. The conscious decision was always to not be an actor.

Start producing, some writing, directing is definitely what I want to do and I'll be doing a lot more in the future as well.

I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes.

In terms of directing a feature, I'd want the story to be right - you know, it's a year of your life, and you have to be focused on one thing, so I want it to be a story that I really, really care about and will enjoy making.

I've always loved to write. I've been writing a lot longer than I've been acting, and I hope to continue to do that and maybe do it a little bit more in terms of, like, writing movies that I could potentially act in.

Acting is certainly my first love, but writing and directing has been on the 'to do' list for a long time.

Lots of movies don't kind of work as well as they do on the page.

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

Directing is such a high. It's the hardest job ever, but I really love doing it.

When I directed the third 'Insidious' film I loved it so much that I decided this is what I want to do from now on. I don't even think I would write something as a screenplay now with no intention of directing it.

I want to work with amazing filmmakers and tell important stories, and if I have to audition to do that, I will.

My dad discouraged me and my older sister watching too much TV. I don't want to portray them as crazy hippies, but I definitely feel like I was influenced by their creativity. But did I want to have an acting career myself? I didn't think so. I think my goal really was to direct. I really wanted to make stories in that capacity.

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