Director Quote by Kevin Bacon

Rewriting isn't just about dialogue, it's the order of the scenes, how you finish a scene, how you get into a scene. All these…

— Tom Stoppard

Every actor has his or her own style, so it is the duty of the director to mould it the way they want.

— Priyadarshan

As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I want you…

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

I remember calling directors numerous times and saying, 'Oh, you should cast so-and-so instead of me. They're much better for the role.'

— Robin Wright

I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.

— Susanne Bier

If you say, 'You've made it,' then you kind of come to a standstill, and I don't think any actor wants to do that.

— Jenna Ushkowitz

You couldn't hope to make a drama and have people rewriting on the day and having the actors making suggestions, "Wouldn't it be funny…

— Declan Lowney

The actor shouldn't edit themselves or be anxious. And the actors that I admire are always the ones who are inventive and their imaginative…

— Ralph Fiennes

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

My attitude as an actor, because I'm a stage actor, is whatever the director tells you to do, you try it. You don't resist…

— Anthony Heald

You hear again and again that audiences want to see movies that are different and critics say we [directors] make the same thing again…

— David Ayer

Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in the edit,…

— Idris Elba