Quotes About Achievement

My school almost lost its accreditation. If that had happened, my diploma wouldn't have been worth anything.

The diploma has become a brand and learning should never be about a brand. Learning, the real kind, actually never ends.

My parents wanted to make sure I at least had the high school diploma, so I got a GED.

I like to direct for the big screen.

When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of.

I want to direct. Definitely a goal of mine.

For me, in my life, dyslexia has been a little bit of a blessing. It helped me find my strength and directed me towards what I really wanted to do.

No matter what, I'm in a very small club. There are very few women who have directed studio-level commercial films - very few.

I'm in a Bond film directed by Sam Mendes, with Daniel Craig. I want it to be perfect.

I'm very proud of 'That Kind of Woman' with Sophia Loren, directed by Sidney Lumet, and I loved doing 'Gunman's Walk' because I finally got to play a bad guy.

I've been very lucky to debut with Yashraj films, then being directed by Karan Johar and now Amol Gupte.

I directed my first movie, not one piece of press!

Even though I've acted in many films, I have directed for the first time, and I will always consider myself a student.

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.

I find directing more satisfying.

Directing 'When You Find Me' was one of the most creatively rewarding endeavors of my career.

'Room' is a very subtly-made film, and directing awards tend to go to the flashier stuff, but it's the Director's section of the academy that make the decision, so I'm very proud they can see something in what I directed and wanted to reward it.

Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this.

I discovered that my biggest passion was for directing, so in making opportunity for myself, I found what I like doing the best.

I completely love directing.

For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.

I'm one of the most successful adult movie directors in the business.

I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.

I made, like, five records as Dirty Projectors before I got out of college. And then I put a band together when I got interested in going on tour around that time.