In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.
I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.
I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.
I have a lot of screenwriter friends and many of them have had an experience where they aren't even welcome on set during production.