Cinema Quote by Joe Mantello

I was amazed by how much you have to think about as a director. As an actor, you don't have to think about much…

— Misha Collins

Theatre is really difficult, so it's important that you have a director that kind of understands that and is really hands on.

— Jimmi Simpson

I always felt like as the director, I gotta be the best at everything.

— Genndy Tartakovsky

That can be undersold, I think, the importance when you're trying to do something good is that everybody understands the director's vision, everybody believes…

— Suzanne Todd

I didn't know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called 'Cold…

— John Ridley

I think the best work of the director is to listen to what all the technicians around him have to say, but then the…

— Marjane Satrapi

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 work with great directors and terrible directors, and so you learn; you take what you think will work for you.

— Grant Heslov

I've been in so many bad movies and worked with so many bad directors that I go into a film expecting nothing.

— Cliff Robertson

A good director is not an expert in anything in particular. A good director just knows a little bit about everything.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.

— Barkhad Abdi

The best directors I've worked with, they all have the same thing in common. They're the first to say, 'I don't know.' If you…

— Ryan Reynolds