Adrien Brody Quotes

I started my production house with the idea of directing one day.

I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all.

I'd love to direct more.

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.

There are all kinds of directors I want to work with and all kinds of films that I want to do.

To answer the question, though: I didn't always want to direct. I just liked the idea of it. If a friend was making a short and needed someone who knew screen direction, I would jump in. It would be horrible, but it led to a short, then another, and another. It was like student films.

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.

One day I had an idea for a movie. Everything came after that.

I thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I was not up to the challenge of making a movie. Then realized that all a director has to do is know what he wants to do.

If I can have the opportunity to go into an editing room, it's like the golden ticket for me. All I want is to learn about everything else in the filmmaking process. I just directed a music video which just came out and that'd sort of be the area of the field that I'm going to move into, I hope.

I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

I teach film directing, inasmuch as you can. It's not really possible to teach film direction, but I sit there as a sort of testimony of experience and know-how, I suppose.

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

I never thought I wanted to direct. I love the control of it. I love to dream of scenes.

The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was about to give me that opportunity on Animal House.

I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.

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

I want to make stuff. I want to make movies and direct stuff and produce stuff and write stuff.

Writer/directors are, for me, the most inspiring people to work for because they are the person on set that knows the answer to all the questions. They have the most invested in the project because they've been with it from conception.

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.

I would really love to direct one day. I think there are certain actors who love the character and the performance and that's all they want to be a part of.

I approach film no differently than I approach a role. I want to make sure the movie is right, the characters are right, I can really bring something to it as a visionary, a storyteller. It's great to point a camera, but can you tell a story?

I would love to direct but I feel like directing is a whole separate craft and so I tend to respect it as a separate craft that I would need to study first. So, right now I'm still trying to do certain things as an actor and until I get bored of that or I feel completely fed by that then I'll move into directing.

I'm just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me.