Cinema Quote by Holly Hunter

As actors, we have the opportunity to work with many directors. Directors only work with themselves and other actors. They never know what it…

— Tom Hardy

You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting.…

— Ian Somerhalder

I think a director is hugely responsible for the fate of a film, so if it does well, he should be appreciated. As an…

— Diljit Dosanjh

A good working relationship between an actor and the director is very important. It takes a while to build a comfort zone because filmmaking…

— Rasika Dugal

When you think of a particular director, you think you would have liked to be with them on one particular film and not necessarily…

— Clint Eastwood

An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls down. I…

— Nicholas Ray

Actors rarely stay in touch with directors after they've filmed together. We go back to real life.

— Chloe Sevigny

A director's job is like parenting. You have to look after your actors like children, pay attention to each of their different abilities.

— Kalki Koechlin

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

All directors have their strengths and weaknesses, as all actors have, and all artists. What you try to do is complete the relationship and…

— Stellan Skarsgard

Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful…

— Grant Heslov

Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are just a…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman