Born Quote by Edward Norton

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

Well, actors get very frustrated with giving control to other people. They have their own ideas and wants for their characters. Warren Beatty once…

— Alec Baldwin

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

— Michael Mosley

Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes…

— Melissa Rosenberg

I think, certainly, directing is a visual medium, but it's also about communication, and a lot of times, great directors are lacking in communication…

— Diane Lane

Directing remains very psychological, and it takes a lot of time and reflection. When you're an actor, it takes less time, and you can…

— Guillaume Canet

I feel like directing is an innate talent.

— Jordana Brewster

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

The nature of filmmaking is that there are so many people involved in it, so many fingers in the pie, that part of the…

— David Hewlett

A lot of critics sometimes get into analyzing the way actors direct versus non-actors directing. And they really always miss it. It's one of…

— Sean Penn

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

To me, directing movies is just that. It's a need to question myself and set the things that disturb me on the table.

— Diego Luna