Actors Quote by Cameron Crowe

After all these years, I'm starting to learn what a good director does, and I know what a good one does with actors: help…

— Brian Geraghty

Acting isn't always about the amount of talent you have, or your ability to cry on command. The point is, how well can you…

— Shannon Purser

My attitude as an actor, because I'm a stage actor, is whatever the director tells you to do, you try it. You don't resist…

— Anthony Heald

I think I've learned a lot working with actors as experienced as Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. They taught me that whatever happens during…

— Dakota Blue Richards

Really good director sometimes will kind of see what the actors are doing and then get in there. Because there's the realization that you…

— Ron Livingston

As an actor, your focus is very finite. All you're worried about is your character and what you have to do, what your goals…

— Jason Priestley

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel…

— Robert De Niro

I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.

— Andy Serkis

Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful…

— Grant Heslov

Being a good actor is incredibly difficult. But the amount of responsibility is so much less on your shoulders than directing.

— Marielle Heller

As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control…

— Ebon Moss-Bachrach

There are a lot of directors who really need the assistance of an actor and they need the actor to come up with something…

— Zayed Khan