Actors Quote by Cynthia Nixon

Sometimes what you lose in the time it takes to let an actor do something that you don't like as a director, you gain…

— Seth Rogen

A lot of directors on a base level are fearful of actors and maybe even distrustful. I love the craft of acting and I…

— Matt Ross

The thing I noticed, have learned the most about directors, is: when they're very confident in themselves, they're open to creativity from other people.…

— Geena Davis

Curiously, directing my own films have made me more tolerant and patient. I've always been an extremely impatient actor. Waiting around drove me nuts.…

— Robert Redford

Unfortunately, in Hollywood, there are those directors that have some contempt for actors. We've all experienced that, in one way or another.

— Vin Diesel

I always felt, and still feel, one of my best strengths as a director is having been an actor for a long time. Nobody…

— Paul Feig

Usually, those people don't even like actors and they can't wait until they get in the cutting room. They kind of break down in…

— Dustin Hoffman

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

When you work with directors who really love actors, who love their contribution, it feels amazing. But sometimes when you work with directors, you…

— Ruth Negga

With acting it's your neck up there in the end. And if you think the director can't help you it's one thing. But if…

— John Malkovich

When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.

— Fede Alvarez

Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, theres a lot of eye-rolling...…

— Christine Vachon