Actors Quote by Adam Rapp

For me, you have to do as much work as you can beforehand and, once you get on stage or set, throw it out…

— Brian Gleeson

You work with each individual actor as you perceive their needs to be. It's something that you've figured out in the weeks of pre-production.

— Rebecca Miller

The less I speak to the actors, the better. And I always hire great people, and I don't want to impose my pre-conceived notions…

— Woody Allen

What I try to do is give each actor an environment in which they can do their best work.

— Curtis Hanson

When you're an actor, actually, you shouldn't come up with too many ideas.

— Jean-Louis Trintignant

A lot of the people I'm working with are not actors, or it's their first time in a movie. I'm not trying to shape…

— Joe Swanberg

With more time I like to see the actors find something of their own places, so I can get their own ideas before I…

— Peter Weir

I get to be in a room with other actors, but I never, or very rarely, get the chance to be in a room…

— Joe Mantello

I've worked with actors who tell everyone what to do in the scene - that makes me go pretty atomic.

— Romola Garai

As an actor and a director, I always let my actors go... assuming they have good ideas.

— Tim Matheson

It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.

— Miranda Otto

Working in film tends to isolate actors - it's your close-up; it's all about you.

— Kevin Spacey