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> [You work with great directors and terrible directors, and so you learn; you take what you think will work for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-heslov/you-work-with-great-directors-and-terrible-directors-and-so-you-learn/)

[Grant Heslov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-heslov/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/grant-heslov-21727_cinema_you-work-with-great-directors-and-terrib_27768.jpg)

> [I'd like to work more as a director. It's distracting being an actor, because - there's a lot of reasons. You find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-foster/i-d-like-to-work-more-as-a-director-it-s-distracting-being-an-actor/)

[Jodie Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-foster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/jodie-foster-2055_cinema_i-d-like-to-work-more-as-a-director-it-s_703738.jpg)

> [I really just want to work with good directors and learn as much as I possibly can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dylan-o-brien/i-really-just-want-to-work-with-good-directors-and-learn-as-much-as-i/)

[Dylan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dylan-o-brien/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e01/dylan-o-brien-7142_cinema_i-really-just-want-to-work-with-good-dir_1369244.jpg)

> [It's great to have a good relationship with the directors and learn about things you do with cameras, and how you direct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gaten-matarazzo/it-s-great-to-have-a-good-relationship-with-the-directors-and-learn/)

[Gaten Matarazzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gaten-matarazzo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/gaten-matarazzo-30355_cinema_it-s-great-to-have-a-good-relationship-w_1748156.jpg)

> [Working in film, if you work with great directors, you learn that after every take you must let go. Sitting with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/working-in-film-if-you-work-with-great-directors-you-learn-that-after/)

[Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/ben-kingsley-5765_academy_working-in-film-if-you-work-with-great-d_2089091.jpg)

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