Directors Quote by John Milius

There's a lot of egos with actors. We certainly don't like to be directed by other actors, or anything like that.

— Robert Kazinsky

If I think the role is worth it and the director is someone I hold in high regard, I have no hassles. Why let…

— Pooja Batra

It's a terrible mistake when it gets to be a contest of egos. The actor is always going to win. If a director gets…

— Sydney Pollack

When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.

— Michael Pitt

It's incredibly easy as a director to be egotistical. Of course, it is because you have 200 people on set every day listening to…

— Dan Mazer

Creative directors can be egocentric, they say. I decide; they shout at people and harass. I don't want that.

— Marco Bizzarri

When you're really working well with a director then you can be as outrageous as you like and so can he. And there's no…

— John Hurt

The best compliment for a director is that an audience hates their films.

— Udo Kier

Actors are real egomaniacs. They get into a movie, they think the whole movie's about them.

— Frank Vincent

Unfortunately, in Hollywood, there are those directors that have some contempt for actors. We've all experienced that, in one way or another.

— Vin Diesel

Some people have bigger egos than others. You have to take a lot of abuse, and take it in and not respond, because you…

— Julie Delpy

As a director, your expectation and reality don't always match up, and I think that that's... I think it's a little jarring.

— Jonathan Levine