Sam Levinson Quotes

I want to write, act, and direct!

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

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've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.

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

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

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

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 love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don't have music. I love to shoot and I love to shoot things I'm enthusiastic about.

When I was younger I didn't really know what a director did: I knew I loved movies and I figured the actors made it up! And then when you get to 12 years old you start thinking, What does a director do? It was really an organic beginning: this looks like something I want to do, I can't believe people get paid to do it!

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.

At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.

Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.

I'm trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down, not my feelings but my thoughts, about things, and hopefully I'll moving toward the writing and directing thing soon.

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

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

I've been writing and wanting to direct for a long time.

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.

I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.

The only reason I got into movies was because I had no music talent.

I started watching movies my grandpa did, and I saw what an impact they made on the world. That's when I said, 'Hey, I want to do that too.'

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.

I always loved the creative process, from 'Shakespeare in Love' to 'Finding Neverland' to 'Basquiat'; whether it's serious, or it's comedic, whether it's the 'inside look' at that, it seems to be a theme of what I do.

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

I want to direct every now and then, but I don't want to be a director.