Authority Quote by John Waters

I was a very shy sort of person, and by acting different characters, I could immerse myself and make them do what, perhaps, I…

— David Jason

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

— Jeanne Moreau

In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and degradation of…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I had some things I had to fix. It took me 14 years to do it. But it was never really fun back in…

— Mickey Rourke

I really wanted to create some of my own characters, then it became wanting to act the parts, then it sort of grew from…

— Emer Kenny

I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do,…

— Julie Christie

I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people…

— Michael Shannon

Even though I was theatrically trained, learning to develop a character was an awesome experience.

— Corin Nemec

I really liked drama and being in plays, so when I was playing a character onstage and I could act like somebody else, then…

— Meg Cabot

I'm a control freak, so that's why I became a director.

— Kevin Munroe

Whatever I was able to do with those experiences certainly contribute to whatever I'm able to do as a director. The corruption in that…

— Sean Penn

I made a conscious effort that I just wanted to work with people that were going to make me better and that was the…

— Josh Duhamel