Acting Quote by James Dean

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can…

— James Dean

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

— Saqib Saleem

When a subject pops into a director's head, you either fit in there somewhere, or you don't. An actor is only who he is.…

— Charlotte Rampling

You - as a director, you have to do your job, you have to show things, and you don't have to ask the actors…

— Michel Hazanavicius

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to…

— Eli Roth

Acting doesn't exist in a vacuum. You need the director to have a set of eyes.

— Miles Teller

If you're working with a director you trust, you can turn that part of you off that wants to direct other actors in a…

— Michael Cera

Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.

— Victoria Abril

Some actors merely have to appear before the camera and they are able to convey exactly what the director wants.

— Sharat Saxena

Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you have to…

— Nilo Cruz

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

The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't.

— Alan Rickman