Cinema Quote by Derek Cianfrance

As an actor on a film, you have no control over the final product - your job is to make a director's vision come…

— Maya Hawke

Whatever it takes, the job of the director is to be the leader and to get your actors where they need to go. That's…

— Shawn Levy

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to…

— Eli Roth

When I show up to act in a movie for somebody else, I just want to be nice and helpful and do what they…

— Rob Reiner

As a director, you want to be really connected to every part of your set, from your actors all the way to your camera…

— Eric Balfour

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

It's advice I always give to directors when they're starting out: Take an acting class to really see what it feels like to be…

— Marielle Heller

When I'm working as a director, I might have an idea of my own but I'm also trying to get great ideas out of…

— Julie Taymor

I think when you make a movie, one of your main focuses as a director is to inspire everyone else to give their best.…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

You want to give the director what they want, and you don't always know exactly how it goes, so you want to try it…

— Finn Wittrock

With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Because it is their medium.…

— Annette Bening

The techniques of different directors are very different, and people have different ways of expressing ideas in film. I'm happiest when working with a…

— Howard Shore