Character Quote by Denise Di Novi

I was amazed by how much you have to think about as a director. As an actor, you don't have to think about much…

— Misha Collins

As a director, I hoped that I was able to help the actors by giving them the space and the respect they need and…

— Angelina Jolie

Everything feels so personal when you're an actor because you're so open and vulnerable, and you have to trust your director to guide you…

— Miriam Shor

Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of understanding that comes from having been there and…

— Aaron Ruell

As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into…

— Griffin Dunne

Oftentimes when I'm deciding to do a movie, the main thing is really, that I look at, is the director. I've come to feel…

— Matt Damon

I guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other…

— Luke Evans

That can be undersold, I think, the importance when you're trying to do something good is that everybody understands the director's vision, everybody believes…

— Suzanne Todd

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

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do…

— Alden Ehrenreich

I understood that I was not the best director in the world nor the worst director in the world. I realized that there is…

— Joe Mantello