Cinema Quote by Jennifer Lawrence

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

— Martin Short

As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job right. And…

— George Clooney

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 think if I were asked to do as many as fifty takes, I would assume the director had no idea what he wanted,…

— Ian Mckellen

Each director is different. Clint Eastwood and Chris Nolan are completely different, and I need to adjust to the story and character and the…

— Ken Watanabe

I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through the movie,…

— Steven Spielberg

The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.

— Patricia Clarkson

Most actors are pretty adaptable because we work with so many directors.

— Kyle MacLachlan

I love working fast. I don't relish the director who wants to do 25 to 30 takes, or the actors who insist on doing 25 or 30 takes.

— Alfred Molina

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the…

— Jodie Foster

As somebody who makes his living in the movie business and wants to contribute to it, I think that the best chance I have…

— Matt Damon