Acting Quote by Lake Bell

I'm not done with acting but do find my hands full with my current responsibilities. Soon, sometime soon.

— Christopher Knight

I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.

— Andy Serkis

I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people.

— Zoe Wanamaker

I'll admit, sometimes I've paid the bills with acting. You know the phrase, 'It's one for the money, two for the showreel.' I don't…

— Paddy Considine

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do…

— Stanley Tucci

As a director you want to have actors, not only surpassing themselves, but also going somewhere, going different places.

— Xavier Dolan

It's really fun to go back and forth from acting projects to directing projects. You don't have as much responsibility when you're acting, but…

— Katie Aselton

Being a good actor is incredibly difficult. But the amount of responsibility is so much less on your shoulders than directing.

— Marielle Heller

I started as a director and just fell upon acting.

— Danny Huston

I started as a director very young and fell into acting.

— Peter Stormare

As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try a lot…

— Ansel Elgort

You need to be happy with or without an acting job.

— Rory O'Malley