Twyla Tharp Quotes

I want to make films that people will say, 'That movie rocked!'

I would love to do films - ones that get seen.

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 father was a director and producer, so when I was a little kid, he would take me to movies and show me what's good and what's not good and why, and often that would take me to a conversation about directing.

When I was 18 or 19, my one ambition was to make a film.

To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.

I've wanted to make films since a really young age. It's always been my passion.

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

He was such a fabulous drama coach. What better person to have than Alfred Hitchcock? His work as a director was impeccable. I learned so much.

I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

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

I just like to act and write and produce. To me, making movies is the ultimate goal.

I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.

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

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on.

I want to direct. It's something that I know I'll be really good at.

Let's put it this way: if I were to direct a feature film, I would not be in it.

I want to do theatre and film and direct my own things and develop.

I love the process of making a movie so much as an actor that I can only imagine I would love the process of being the director.

I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.

I just need good scripts, good films, and I am glad I am doing them.

I would love to direct films and it's certainly on the cards.

It is a challenge to direct any film.

Every aspect of filmmaking has lured me. Although I'm an actor now, one day, I'd like to direct a film. It's not as though I'm all set to take the plunge; I cherish this dream of calling the shots, but only after I groom myself with the right kind of preparation and the technical know-how.