Jody Hill Quotes

I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

I honestly never wanted to direct. It was only when I started to work on 'Alexander the Great' that I realized I had to direct. I saw something so specifically in my mind, I could not leave it to someone else.

I wrote and directed a movie called 'Two-Bit Waltz.'

I'd like to make a movie pretty soon, so I could get a rest.

I've directed independent film.

I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him.

There are lot of people I'd wanna work with, but Wes Anderson, I would just wanna sit down with the guy. If he would ever put me in one of his movies, that would be the end.

I'm directing and writing the 'Big Stone Gap' movie.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

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

There's something that comes into you that's so exciting when you're directing.

From 2005 to 2010, I was exclusively shooting 'The Act of Killing' and then editing it.

I would like to be an actor, but I really would like to be a director of feature films. That's what I want to be when I grow up. I want to make films.

Eventually, I would love to direct, but not anytime soon. I just love the storytelling aspect.

I wonder if Louis Ferreira would be interested in directing.

I have always wanted to make a movie, in fact I always wanted to direct someday. But I never thought I would be a producer.

I thought about making movies. It hit me when I was about 14, 15 years old.

I felt film is art and there are people that constructed that art - and that made me want to be a filmmaker.

Any movie's only as good as the director.

They've said I want to direct pictures. I couldn't direct traffic.

I always wanted to direct. I always saw myself as a director.

I really have very little aspirations about acting because I think that probably the best things have come and gone. I would like to focus on writing and directing. I love writing and directing even though writing can be incredibly painful and lonely. I get great satisfaction from doing it.

I think maybe making films is something innate you can't really teach to begin with.

I think coming off of "Blame", I've been talking a lot about directing. It's something that I really love and connect with. I truly consider it what I was born to do. That kind of loops in with filmmaking on the whole, because when you create something, you're also wearing a lot more hats than just director. At the same time, I also think acting is something that's very powerful in my life.