No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.
Going from college to being on national TV almost fresh outta school, it happened really fast.
Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.