Michael B. Jordan Quotes

I want to write and direct a movie one day.

I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.

Everything that is somehow related to direction and filmmaking fascinates me, like cinematography.

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

I see myself directing, writing, doing my own TV shows and movies.

I just ended up focusing on film editing as I was getting my career started. I'm very passionate about editing and will continue to edit for the rest of my career, but it's not like that was all I did and then somehow I grew into directing a movie.

I just adore being on set. I adore storytelling. I can be on a set 70 hours a week and on those weekends, I'll still want to watch movies.

I thought about making movies. It hit me when I was about 14, 15 years old.

I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process.

In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just going to hand me a script to direct.

I love movie-making. I'm interested in writing and directing, and I've dabbled, but I haven't done anything I care to brag about. Yet.

I've always loved films, and I always felt like a storyteller. I left Norway after high school and moved to Manhattan and went to film school in Manhattan. That's when I really found out that this was my calling and what I wanted to do.

When you're actually making a film, it's just people on your back all the time wanting stuff and you're constantly having to it deal with them. It's probably the most time consuming of all the arts, but I do love it because it is a great mix of visual art and music and writing.

I was just interested in directing. So I just kept having a go at trying to write little scripts and get things together, and my wife just had a slip of the tongue and said, "Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life" when she meant to say "Frank Capra's." There it is right there. That's a gag that we could make into something.

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.

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.

Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in the filmmaking world, and so I want to explore all aspects of it, not just the acting, but acting is the root.

My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.

But for me, personally, I didn't have any ambitions to become an actor. I'm interested in getting behind the camera.

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing.

I've written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I'm 30.

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 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.

My dream would be producing, maybe directing - definitely not writing - one feature film.

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