About Quote by George Hickenlooper

I think I have much more appreciation for directing and movies overall versus a performance or an actor. Their body of work is more…

— Jamie Bell

As an actor, it's much easier for me to get work in the movies because nobody knows who I am except for the work…

— Simon McBurney

Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works.

— Robert Zemeckis

I find directing so incredibly rewarding and challenging and humbling and exciting and engaging. Scenes become challenging. Actors bring out the best of you.…

— Noah Wyle

I was working more on a primal, instinctive level. And it just seemed to suit me; it seemed to suit my concentration span, it…

— Ron Perlman

I love working with actors, and it's all been based on my being trained in the theater.

— John Wells

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

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had but I know that I don't. I feel like…

— Steven Soderbergh

I have to say from an actor's perspective, to work with a director who has been an actor through most of their career is…

— Karen Allen

That is the great pleasure of working with great directors. You get to look at the world through many different prisms. I guess I…

— Isabella Rossellini

It is always a pleasure to be directed by an actor because they know the scene from the actor's perspective, too. That's an advantage.

— Naseeruddin Shah

It is truly connected to your job as an actor, and it benefits the character and the entire film to build a collaborative environment.

— Fred Hechinger