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.
“I can write a program that lets you break the copy protection on a music file. But I can't write a program that solders new connections onto a chip for you.”
“How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.”