Sam Esmail Quotes

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

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.

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.

It's not a film-maker's job to explain his technique, but to tell his story the best way he can.

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

I want to get into producing and writing more for myself - setting up my own films and seeing what kind of personal touch I can put on movies, as opposed to just being in them.

I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.

I don't use film in the way that the great auteurs do. I use film, the camera, to record as effectively and as perceptive as I am able what I want to say through the actors.

I didn't have a burning desire to be a writer or director - writer probably more so, certainly not a director.

There's a heresy which is perpetuated by film school that to be a great director you have to write your own stuff.

I want to do stuff like 'Lady Bird.' I want people to say, 'She told amazing stories.'

I always wanted to write and direct films for as long as I can remember.

I think the best black screenwriter is Quentin Tarantino.

I would like to produce, and eventually, I would like to direct.

I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.

I also write stories and want to show these stories to the world; someday someone might want to direct them.

I started acting when I was really young. I knew I wanted to be in the industry in other ways. I knew that I wanted to do more than just act. I don't know that I knew it was screenwriting, but I just knew that I wanted to be involved.

If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.

I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television.

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.

I want to make films and write films, which will happen, I'm just taking a different route right now. I'm a bit of a chameleon with the whole entertainment industry so to speak.

I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.

I didn't write to become a director, which many people do.

For me, I see filmmaking as art.

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