My mother was an actress and a director, as well. And my…

Theater is the foundation of how I live my life, actually. My father was a playwright, so I was around it all the time…

— Laura Linney

I lived with this tremendous fear of failure because my father was a playwright and a director, and I think he did a couple…

— Ben Affleck

I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.

— Laura Linney

When you grow up in the [film] industry, the director is your father. You follow your father's lead, but you make your own way.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

While making my first film as a director, my father and grandfather used to ask me to explain the scenes by performing them myself…

— Randhir Kapoor

When I started, my mother was already an actress and I wasn't keen on being one.

— Supriya Pathak

As an actress, you're part of what the director is creating, and as a model, you're representing a designer's vision.

— Lou Doillon

The relationship between an actress and her director is often a very close one.

— Peter Stone

I would say Jodie Foster because she's not just an actress. She's a director, she's a producer, she's a writer. She's conquered the business.…

— Kristen Stewart

You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable…

— Shirley MacLaine

I think my work as an actress is less about a director and more about a person. You feel you can trust them instinctively.…

— Maria Bello

My Mother's an actress, and she's always told me, "Boy, you're an actor." I would look forward to seeing if I'm any good. I…

— J. Cole

My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

— Angie Dickinson

My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.

— Sergio Leone

My Mother is an actress, so it's always been a part of my life.

— Alicia Vikander