Actors and actresses Quote by Anna Karina

Most actors who direct do it because they've been directed by so many bad directors.

— Adrian Pasdar

The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.

— D. B. Sweeney

Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.

— Alan J. Pakula

We knew, very early on, that we had to be very, very clear that directors need to speak to actors and actresses and be…

— Michael Sheen

You have to be strong to be a carpenter, maybe, but the director of a film doesn't need to have muscles.

— Agnes Varda

It's whether they have a vision and whether they're able to communicate it. The best director is just someone who gets over-excited about doing…

— Colin Firth

Actors have to maintain their physique, or they will fizzle out!

— Jackie Shroff

When you're in film and you're in close, charisma in the eyes and confidence can take over. But when someone's sitting twenty rows back,…

— Alison Pill

Some actors merely have to appear before the camera and they are able to convey exactly what the director wants.

— Sharat Saxena

As an actor, I had noticed very vividly that very few directors know how to direct actors because they haven't done it.

— Robin Wright

In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director.

— Jean Dujardin

I think actors do need some hand holding to know what they are doing.

— Shoojit Sircar