I think directors who care about their work should be…

I don't think I am that person who can just text people for the heck of work. I should be invested in that person…

— Tripti Dimri

The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.

— Steven Pressfield

I think all of the directors I've worked with are mostly curious about the time I had on 'Eyes Wide Shut.' They really just…

— Vinessa Shaw

I don't make trouble on sets. I think directors like me, so they hire me, but they have to fight for me.

— Joe Don Baker

I think directors should at least take acting lessons to see what's going on. And I think all actors should direct to see what…

— Penny Marshall

I'm always playing mostly the nice girl or the victim. I think it's perhaps what directors think about me.

— Anna Karina

When I make films, I don't think of any other directors or their work in terms of the rhythm of the editing or the…

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

I do like to work with young directors because it's such a difficult business that I think after directors have been around a while…

— Ellen Burstyn

You're in a movie, so you have to think about how something plays. It's not like you're thinking about how an audience is going…

— Julianne Moore

It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible.

— Janusz Kaminski

I think directors can be a little insensitive to how vulnerable an actor is, when he's giving a performance. Part of the job of…

— Eric Balfour

I think directors look at me because I am an energetic person with a strong personality and always like to make people laugh.

— Parineeti Chopra

I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films cold, you're not quite sure. It's the same in…

— Danny Elfman

Honestly, I think most directors are about, 'Let's do the most fun and effective thing here and figure out how afterwards.'

— Jane Goldman