I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a director's medium. You can't edit something out on stage. It's there.
Kim Cattrall

I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a good story but we have the go-ahead from Universal to make this script and did I want to do it. I said no, and they left.
Ellen Burstyn

I don't even know if I can call myself a director.
Charles S. Dutton

I remember that it was never that difficult for me to get a director to look up and pay attention to me. Mind you, I don't know if that's necessarily charm. But I've played roles where my character has to be charming and I've found it quite easy to do. I think some of it is in my bones, but some of it is more deliberate.
James McAvoy

When I grow up, I still want to be a director.
Steven Spielberg

Every director is completely different.
Miranda Otto

So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say, 'oh yeah - that's a great point.' And you never know; often you can help far more than you think you can, because there's so much more that he's juggling than an actor.
Christian Bale

The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions.
Christian Bale

But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working session. I was very comfortable, and that's maybe what helped me to get the part.
Olivier Martinez

A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.
Frank Darabont

I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the best films, so who's to say who is right.
Tim Roth

Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment.
Scott Caan

Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position.
Gary Oldman

It does make you a better director and a better actor.
Charles Keating

How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.
Gary Oldman

The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.
Frances McDormand

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
Patricia Clarkson

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
Patrice Leconte

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
Daniel Day-Lewis

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.
Alan Rickman