Assuming Quote by Ian Mckellen

You can do 12 great takes, but if the director is no good, he'll end up picking the wrong one.

— Martin Short

Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so…

— Penelope Spheeris

It depends who the director is you know, I mean Ken Loach for instance. I've done up to 32 takes with him.

— Robert Carlyle

I don't remember doing more than one take for a film.

— Sridevi

We actually did a lot of takes on this movie [J. Edgar Hoover]. I never left the set wanting more. That's for sure. I…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I adapt to directors, I don't like making directors adapt to me. If I'm with Clint Eastwood then I'll do two takes, if I'm…

— Jennifer Lawrence

With film, you stop and go. You have to do 20 takes or whatever.

— IronE Singleton

The producers who wanted me to do it liked me and trusted me, and more than one scene was only one take, because I'd…

— Fay Wray

If a director, I believe, has vision and knows so clearly what they want, then you can have a film that can perform. Whereas…

— Nate Parker

Spielberg gave us three takes before saying anything to us. Since then, I do that, three takes, to let the actors find their rhythm.

— Edward Burns

After I directed for the first time, I wanted to call every director I'd ever worked with and apologize. In television you are tasked…

— Michelle MacLaren

You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.

— Stephen Fry