Acting Quote by Jonathan Frakes

I really feel that I'm a much better director than I was an actor.

— Steve Antin

I think I am a good actor myself. If I wasn't a director, I would have been an actor.

— Priyadarshan

I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.

— Laurie Metcalf

I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.

— Jonathan Frakes

I thought I'd make a really great director because I'm an actor. Like, I thought I could really direct actors.

— Joseph Morgan

I'm not a famous director yet, and I'm not into fame. I like to just work. As a director, as an actor, whatever people…

— Tommy Wiseau

I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor.

— Russell Crowe

I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.

— Sean Penn

As a director, I wouldn't like me as an actor. As an actor, I wouldn't like me as a director.

— Robert Redford

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

— Patricia Clarkson

I started as a director, but I was too bored with actors. I preferred to act.

— Peter Stormare

I've always wanted to work with the best directors. Directors lead you to the best material and thus the best actors.

— Shea Whigham