I have no qualms approaching directors who I know will…

I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't have any…

— Danny Trejo

One nice thing about being a woman in Hollywood is that the women tend to be very close-knit. All of us writers and directors…

— Diablo Cody

Directors know nothing. I never had the privilege of working with any good director. Except Satyen Bose and Bimal Roy, no one even knew…

— Kishore Kumar

As an actor, I had noticed very vividly that very few directors know how to direct actors because they haven't done it.

— Robin Wright

I've DP'd so many films for first-time directors, and I know the trauma, the heartbreak, the vulnerability, how much you have to believe in…

— Reed Morano

I've figured out what to do so far, but it's always the next thing you come to where the man with the bucket of…

— Judi Dench

I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.

— Bill Mumy

Directors who know what they want come to me.

— Rekha

There's very few directors that know what that rehearsal's for. And often it's just about calming down the director. If he could see it…

— Ewan McGregor

The directors [who know every detail] make films that are complete, basically.

— Idris Elba

Being known as a writer did change the relationships I had with directors. The rap on actors is that they always want to inflate…

— Matt Damon

I guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other…

— Luke Evans

As an actor I can sort of smell a duff note, that isn't full of that much conviction. My worst thing with directors is…

— Matt Smith

Every day the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] would come up with some amazing solution and [make it easy] to put yourself in their hands.…

— Daniel Radcliffe

There are certain directors where you know you're going to be good or you're not going to be there. There are people where you…

— Christopher Walken