Ben Affleck Quotes

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

I made lots of short films, about nine or ten short films. And then I made a television film called 'This Little Life.'

I wanted to direct long before I'd even written a screenplay.

When I went to Sundance for 'Afternoon Delight,' I came back feeling like I wanted to take my experience that I learned from directing and bring that into a series.

I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.

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.

As far as writing or directing a film, I've worked with enough people who have done that that I know it's just a whole other level of responsibility and chaos and murder that I could not see happening. For now, I'm just going to see what comes. I know what I like and what direction I have.

Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

I've never directed, but it must be humbling.

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 would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

If you want to be a director, work with writers and find different ways of telling stories with film, then do a course. This way you can consolidate what you've learnt and use the course to go further.

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

I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me.

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

I made three short films of my own which I wrote, produced, directed... you did everything in those days. My favourite one was something I shot on VHS... a little documentary.

I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.

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

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've been producing projects, and I hope that It's inevitable one day that I direct a film. I have a lot of things I want to do.

I love telling stories. But I believe that nobody could teach you to direct a movie.

I have to credit high school for allowing us to mess around with movie stuff at a time when it was a novelty. Experimenting with that and having a very good group of friends to work with made it a very easy decision that this seemed like something I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

I did a couple of short films when I was in Scotland.

I used to make short films even as a kid. I used to have a camera and play around with it. So, I was always interested in the process and telling stories. I've always wanted to direct.

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