Actor Quote by Ebon Moss-Bachrach

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

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

Acting is a great life and all that, but it's the director who is really in control.

— Jackie Coogan

I am extremely malleable as an actor, but I also know how to get away with doing things the way I want, even if…

— Rishi Kapoor

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

— Saqib Saleem

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

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

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working…

— Jessica Lange

As an actor, your focus is very finite. All you're worried about is your character and what you have to do, what your goals…

— Jason Priestley

Part of an actor's job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries…

— David Zayas

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

I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven.

— Frances McDormand