Action Quote by Channing Tatum

Directors have so much else to do besides tell actors what to do. There are so many issues and problems.

— Michael Douglas

I'm always under the impression that directors should act at some point or another.

— Scott Mechlowicz

There are a lot of directors who make big money and do big things and then move out of the 'hood

— Tyrese Gibson

There's very few directors I think in this industry that would pitch to a studio that they wanted to do a multi-layered almost at…

— Christopher Nolan

If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all.

— Gus Van Sant

Any director who's also acted understands the fact that every person has a different process and has to be approached differently.

— Steve Zahn

I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.

— William H. Macy

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.

— Chris Tucker

As a director you want to have actors, not only surpassing themselves, but also going somewhere, going different places.

— Xavier Dolan

The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want…

— Steven Zaillian

Yeah, I mean I've definitely had a bunch of action scripts sent to me, but again I'm a stickler for directors. If it's like…

— Armie Hammer

Directors tend to kind of let me do what I want to do.

— Ellen Burstyn