Patience Quote by Jason Statham

I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.

— Andy Serkis

To be a director, you have to be especially patient.

— Luciano Vincenzoni

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

The directing thing, to do it well, I think you have to have a hell of a lot more discipline than I do, or…

— Janeane Garofalo

Directing takes a good chunk of your life out. It's a very hard thing. As an actor, you go in for a couple of…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I've secretly harboured a desire to direct for a quite a long time. It's so much more challenging. As an actor you might be…

— Tara Fitzgerald

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

Whatever it takes, the job of the director is to be the leader and to get your actors where they need to go. That's…

— Shawn Levy

I didn't know that I could act, but my friend told me, 'Before you do directing, maybe you should try acting. It would be…

— Choi Woo-shik

As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control…

— Ebon Moss-Bachrach

You have to lead by example. You have to be the calmest person in the room. You have to be very open. I think…

— Marianne Elliott

As an actor, you are sort of only in charge of yourself. All you can really control is your performance. You don't know what…

— Gillian Jacobs