Control Quote by Craig Revel Horwood

Actors need to trust themselves. If you trust yourself, you can trust others and leave the director outside.

— Martin Landau

You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional actors, it's…

— Darren Aronofsky

If you're working with a director you trust, you can turn that part of you off that wants to direct other actors in a…

— Michael Cera

I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul.

— Ava Gardner

I've always believed that the director does whatever the hell he wants. That's what you sign on for as an actor - I can't…

— Christian Bale

As an actor, you are sort of only in charge of yourself. All you can really control is your performance. You don't know what…

— Gillian Jacobs

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

When it's a good director, you can feel when they trust you when they cast you.

— India Eisley

Your actors need to trust you as a director, but normally, I think you just need to have an open communication between the actors…

— James Wan

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

— Michael Caine

When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it…

— Jack Nicholson

In my case, when you dive into a role, to do well and for you to do well in it, you have to put…

— Andrea Riseborough