Audience Quote by Julianne Moore

As an actor, I had noticed very vividly that very few directors know how to direct actors because they haven't done it.

— Robin Wright

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision,…

— Donnie Yen

Most directors prefer to direct everything themselves. I thought I could on Lord Of The Rings, but very quickly found out that the sheer…

— Peter Jackson

Usually, those people don't even like actors and they can't wait until they get in the cutting room. They kind of break down in…

— Dustin Hoffman

Most actors who direct do it because they've been directed by so many bad directors.

— Adrian Pasdar

There are lots of people that make movies. It's not just the director.

— Paul Bettany

You're in a movie, so you have to think about how something plays. It's not like you're thinking about how an audience is going…

— Julianne Moore

Directing is quite a nuts-and-bolts thing. It's a mixture of creating an atmosphere in which actors can feel safe enough to be dangerous.

— Phyllida Lloyd

As an actor, we can only do what the director wants. Only the director has a vision of the entire film.

— Mohanlal

A lot of critics sometimes get into analyzing the way actors direct versus non-actors directing. And they really always miss it. It's one of…

— Sean Penn

I have always believed that when a film is being made, it has to be the director's vision.

— Prithviraj Sukumaran

As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're…

— Jonah Hill