Actor Quote by Clint Eastwood

As a director, what matters is how you penetrate the soul of the person in front of the camera and let the actor blur…

— Luca Guadagnino

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

— Xavier Dolan

Directing takes a good chunk of your life out. It's a very hard thing. As an actor, you go in for a couple of…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it helps me…

— Steve Buscemi

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

It helps for actors if you have one director.

— James Watkins

As an actor, you have to believe in the point of view of a director; as a director, you have to be able to…

— Diego Luna

As an actor, most of the time, you only have so much say in how, what and where things go. As a director, you…

— Eric Balfour

It is always a pleasure to be directed by an actor because they know the scene from the actor's perspective, too. That's an advantage.

— Naseeruddin Shah

As an actor you have to deliver what the director wants.

— Saqib Saleem

I've seen what a difference a good director can make to an actor's performance.

— Soha Ali Khan

When a subject pops into a director's head, you either fit in there somewhere, or you don't. An actor is only who he is.…

— Charlotte Rampling