Steven Spielberg Quotes

From the age of 14, I wanted to be a director.

You grow up loving movies, and your first instinct is you want to be an actor, because those are the people you see in the movies. But when you actually become an actor, you're like, 'Oh, wait, this is actually only a small portion of the storytelling. If I want to really tell a story, I'd want to be a director.'

I always dreamt of being a director.

I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

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

I'd love to direct more.

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

I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.

I would love to do different things, like behind-the-scenes work - just like Ron Howard!

I love directing as I've got such a fantastic, a creative mind.

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television.

I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.

I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.

I moved out to L.A. to be a filmmaker or director. I didn't even think about doing comedy or even acting. I wanted to be like Paul Thomas Anderson or Wes Anderson, but I wasn't going to a lot of comedy.

I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.

Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.

I'm not a writer, director or producer.

Eventually I'd love to be able to direct.

I like to write, and I would love to be a screenwriter one day and a director.

I love directing - it's always so involving, so challenging.

I hope to do films. Right now I'm just doing projects that are interesting.

My husband's a director, so he understands what I do.

The 20-year goal is to be a film director. The 15-year goal is to win an Oscar. The five-year goal is to just keep enjoying myself.

I knew when I was about 14 that I wanted to be a director and that I wanted to go to NYU for film school.