Aspiring Filmmaker Gifts

"Action! And this time believe!"

"Oh, pardon me. That's not the menu , that's my screenplay."

The team video didn't spotlight my talents. I've hired my own film crew. They'll showcase my skills so college recruiters can see my strengths. Wow! How can the director pack so much into one little video? Great point! Daddy? Tell Steven Spielberg we're going feature length. Nice save!

A father films his family while imagining himself as a director

'I see it as a good thing. Since we've been made superfluous, I've finally had time to work on y screenplay.'

'I feel I have a great director's commentary in me.'

Director/Action Man toy.

'They all want to play the star.'

Department of Theatre, Film and Television: Lights...Camera...Unemployment!

"I was going to chuck it all and go to Paris but I didn't have enough frequent-flier miles."

'The C minus was sufficient. I didn't need the advice against hiring a literary agent.'

'I have a best selling novel on the tip of my tongue...'

"I try to write a little bit every day."

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

It was my story. A murder mystery. A who-done-it-and-got-away-with-it-until-he-wrote-about-it.

'...And now, the film most criticized for eroding traditional family values, the nominees are...'

"If you saw a book with the title 'An American Speaks Out,' would you buy it?"

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

"This is a hell of a way to start a magazine."

"Mom! Kathy's feeding her liver to the dog! Want to see the video?"

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

'I can't promise you a best seller but I can give you fifteen minutes of fame.'

"A major crime publisher is interested in publishing your homework!"

'So, you think you can just waltz right in here and start making movies, Mr, Astaire'

"Are you sure this is a Film Noir"

Lord of the Rings IV.

"What I did on my summer vacation and how I optioned it to Miramax..."

"What's the problem? I said dinner and a movie."

'Be gentle with me, it's my first novel.'

"It's a coming-of-middle-age story."

'Phoor...watch these sperm whales at it...ah...yes..yes...'

Don Quixote is recorded by Sancho Panza.

"Have a career, and then if you want to try acting, you'll have my blessing."

'I don't mind playing dead. But what I would really like to do is direct.'

So close... Yet so far.