Believe Quote by Cillian Murphy

Sandy Meisner would say it takes 20 years to make an actor. Some people it takes five, some people 30. And you have to…

— Mark Pellegrino

Actors can become very involved in a role, but for a director or producer, that's your life for many years.

— Joseph McGinty Nichol

You can't manufacture a career as an actor because you aren't in control of what projects come to you, unless you are No. 1,…

— David Wenham

Every department from the director to the art takes their time to set up, similarly as an actor it is your responsibility to take…

— Tripti Dimri

Directing takes a lot longer than acting. This was about seven years in development, and then two and a half years with pre-production, production,…

— David Schwimmer

You have to be pretty tough to be an actor, and you have to be pretty certain what you want. You can't waffle through…

— Anthony Hopkins

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

— Xavier Dolan

An acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you. It's a good thing to…

— George Clooney

As an actor, you just want to continue to work on things that you like. You can be in this business a long time…

— Mike Colter

To be an actor, you have to have patience.

— Tripti Dimri

You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor.

— James Franco

As an actor, you only get to work 15 minutes an hour; as a director you're fully immersed. It's incredibly more complex and challenging…

— Jason Bateman