I have so much respect for television actors and directors. We're on set doing 16-hour days, and that's just what we do. — Michelle Borth Copy Share Image
David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate,… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
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… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
If I have freedom to experiment with a scene, then I try my best to do that. With TV and with the… — Dominique McElligott Copy Share Image
A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
I've worked with some incredibly difficult directors but my understanding is that a lot of the best people are driven from a… — Josh Lucas Copy Share Image
I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely… — Summer Glau Copy Share Image
Nine times out of ten, I'm trying to meet someone else's expectations, whether it's the director or the writer or the animator,… — Adrian Pasdar Copy Share Image
(The) process of acting is no different to conventional screen acting, in that it's providing a perfect interface between the director and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My director, Jesus, does not teach me to count my acts, but to do everything for love, to refuse Him nothing, to… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
The director sets the tone, and if someone's ruling it with an iron fist, people are quiet and the days go long… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
TV and film are very different media with different requirements. In a TV show, you have actors and fellow writers and directors,… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
Your job, as an actor, is never to just do what you're told. That's boring, and life is too short. It's your… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Our job as directors is to entertain an audience, it's not just to do it for the director. You might as well… — Frank Oz Copy Share Image
European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors,… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I was lucky that I could work with directors like Kamal, Lal Jose and Sibi Malayil. They understood music and gave me… — Vidyasagar Copy Share Image
I feel that more women should turn directors as they are more sensitive and emotional than men - that's a crucial factor… — Divya Khosla Kumar Copy Share Image
I'm so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I'm very responsive. I react. And… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible. — Janusz Kaminski Copy Share Image
I operate the camera, I always do it when I'm the director, and I like to approach it as a documentary, finding… — Benjamin Avila Copy Share Image
Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised… — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
So many directors say nothing beautifully, and so many others say great and profound things but have no idea how to read… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors… — Catherine Keener Copy Share Image
There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps. — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I think everyone's different but in comedy, I try to do my scene to make the director and the other actors laugh.… — Ken Jeong Copy Share Image
Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale… — Michael Apted Copy Share Image
I'm interested in good collaborations and in working with directors who bring something new and interesting out of you. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Once we get three more directors elected, the Sierra Club will no longer be pro-hunting and pro-trapping and we can use the… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
It is so great to go to a casting director and have them wanting to talk about the show that you are… — Nathalie Emmanuel Copy Share Image
Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to… — Preston Sturges Copy Share Image
I think, a lot of times, directors assume that whatever they get from you the first time, whether it be at an… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than… — David Lean Copy Share Image
I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
When you are completely satisfied with what you have made, you're pretty much done as a director. So when that happens, that'll… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
