Chris Rea Quotes

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

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

I had sittings with Akshay Kumar during 'Airlift.' People who are passionate about music get involved in the making of the songs. I used to have a good interaction with him.

I've always wanted to go into film scoring.

Yes was a band where we could explore some of those ideas, but I knew that if I wanted to get into orchestral music and make a living at it, movies seemed to be a perfect spot.

I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.

When I was filming 'The Outsiders,' my idea of success was getting the next Martin Scorsese movie.

So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts.

Acting is always going to be number one, but what I learned in film school, I want to make that happen too, so I'm going to actually start working on my own.

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 had grown up loving movies and had always wanted to write them.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.

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 just loved films. I knew I wanted to work on film, not video.

I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.

I've been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies.

I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.

High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry.

I definitely have always been interested in film and working in that, and I never actually thought that I'd be able to do it.

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

I'm getting to compose music for diverse language films from all over the country.

I've always been interested in film, so to get involved in any way in the genesis of making a film or music for a film is fascinating to me.

Film-makers are greedy people - we want good stories and good subjects.

When I came into films, I found a vacuum in the field of lyricists, writers and composers.