Can not Quote by Barry Nelson

The only thing that I can contribute as director is to work with the performers in a way that brings out the drama.

— Sam Wanamaker

Once you're involved in the work, it's really just you and the characters and the words.

— Edwidge Danticat

You want to have the experience. As far as the creative side, the more I do this, the more I know that it's all…

— Wes Bentley

Building a relationship with the character. It's just like sitting with someone you know. It's very easy to predict when they're going to shake…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.

— Billy Crystal

Being a creative person. It's so much more rewarding when you find things on your own, to live whatever the writers are writing or…

— Laura Bell Bundy

I view the whole thing as a collaboration. As an actor, I always found that to be the most freeing thing, when the director…

— Tony Goldwyn

Our job is to unleash the play. It's not just about your character or interaction with the other characters. There's an energy in all…

— Glenda Jackson

As an actor, the thing I want to do to an audience is always be ahead of them and always be surprising in the…

— Steve Bisley

I never sat down and wrote, but what I do is kind of act as a dramaturge for the piece. I am sitting with…

— Larry Charles

Your only guidepost is your own instinct and judicious editing. In my stand-up act I learned that in the first 10 minutes I could…

— Steve Martin

It's interesting for me to do the commentary with the actors because, as a director, you're so in your own world that you see…

— Catherine Hardwicke