Jurnee Smollett Quotes

I prefer working behind the camera.

I know how to write a movie. I know how to direct a movie.

It is my passion to direct movies.

Writing, directing... anything behind the camera is what I want to do.

I like to direct for the big screen.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

I have no interest in directing. I'd be a bad director.

I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.

I want to do more work behind the camera.

I am not a director or a writer, but a filmmaker.

I think eventually I'd love to get into directing.

I always thought that I would work behind the camera, because it's a more comfortable place for me to be, really.

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.

I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines.

As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things.

I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker.

I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.

I'd like to direct myself but I'm a cinephile and I also would like to just step behind the camera and be on the other end of making movies.

Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field.

I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script the night before shooting started.

I'm trying to make as many films as I can.

I'm interested in films, in directing.

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

Making a movie is like you're behind the wheel, and you're driving through the obstacle course, and the pedal is down, and you can't brake.

I directed a short series for Hulu called 'Paloma,' and being in an editing room, I learned a lot about acting. It gave me a new bolt of energy in terms of my interest in filmmaking because it made me realize how collaborative filmmaking can be and also that you're not just limited to one job.