Actor Director Quotes

David Fincher is an actor's director.

— Geraldine James

I'm an actor; I'm not a director.

— Max von Sydow

I'm an actor's director.

— Fred Durst

Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about being an actor's director.

— Angelina Jolie

What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.

— Jack Kilmer

I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.

— Fred Durst

I am equally a writer and an actor and a director.

— Tanya Saracho

There is a certain creative liberty an actor or a director is allowed to take.

— Shefali Shah

It was great to watch Orson Welles, not only as an actor but as a director.

— Max von Sydow

I'm not particularly fond of the hybrid writer-director or actor-director.

— Melissa Leo

One of the wonderful things about being an actor is that every director is different.

— Jane Fonda

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

— William H. Macy

One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are…

— Janet Suzman

In every shoot, between the actor and the director there is manipulation. I'm not saying that negatively. It's healthy.

— Adele Exarchopoulos

Theater is very much the world I'd like to get back to, particularly in New York, both as an actor and director.

— Jason Alexander

Jack Bender is a real actor's director. Because he was an actor, and because he directed theater, he really enjoys that process.

— Michael Emerson

It takes one heck of a lot of energy to be an actor-director - a rather terrifying prospect but a challenge I…

— Perdita Weeks

“If you want to be a good actor or director, firstly see life, secondly see films and thirdly read books!”

— Md. Ziaul Haque

It can be insulting to an actor when the director comes out, and they have no notes on the performance, and all…

— Reed Morano

Bill [Condon] is such a great actor's director. He cares about what you're thinking. And, he's very open. Even though he was…

— Kellan Lutz

Whether I'm writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I'm always an actor's director first. I always try to…

— Dito Montiel

There was a choice of being a director who's more familiar with the technicality of doing a movie, like learning about the…

— Lexi Alexander

I'm very old-school. I like a director to direct me. I like to be the actor. I'm not particularly fond of the…

— Melissa Leo

Filmmaking is a creative process so there is a lot of collaboration that happens on set between an actor and director, but…

— Aamir Khan

It is tough to be a woman. Also as an actor, but more so as a director. And even more today, when…

— Liv Ullmann

Every actor, director, and producer want all their films to do well. So you choose the role carefully, listen to the script,…

— Mohanlal

I think what makes a good actor's director is somebody who understands what I'm doing and is respectful of it, but who…

— Matt Damon

To be an actor and a director, I actually felt it helped me tremendously to be in the scenes of The Hollars,…

— John Krasinski

I mean, I understand that Scrubs was my big break, but sooner or later you have to move on. I've already directed…

— Zach Braff

As a kid, I never had dreams of becoming an actor or director. Even when I was already working professionally, it took…

— Forest Whitaker

The relationship with actor and director is probably closer to theater, in that, when we record the dialogue, there is very little…

— Glenn McQuaid

You dream as an actor's director of letting moments breathe through two-shots.

— Edward Norton

I'm used to being an actor. Being a director is a lot more work.

— Nick Searcy

Martin Scorsese was very much the actor's director. We were all very in awe of Martin Scorsese.

— John Heard

Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.

— Ram Charan

No one works with an actor or a director for friendship.

— Govinda

My dream job is definitely to be an actor/director/writer, all three.

— Lucas Cruikshank

I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.

— Chris Lowell

Every actor or director has their ups and downs.

— Mohanlal

I'd never worked with an actor-director before [Warren Beatty].

— Alden Ehrenreich