Actor Quote by Laurie Metcalf Download Open image “I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.” — Laurie Metcalf ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actor Cinema Director Good Good director Theatre
I think I am a good actor myself. If I wasn't a director, I would have been an actor. — Priyadarshan Copy Share Image
I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say. — Alex Cox Copy Share Image
Being a good actor is incredibly difficult. But the amount of responsibility is so much less on your shoulders than directing. — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I thought I'd make a really great director because I'm an actor. Like, I thought I could really direct actors. — Joseph Morgan Copy Share Image
I think I'm a better director than I ever was an actor. I'd love to go back to acting, but nobody seems to want… — Jonathan Frakes Copy Share Image
Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they're a better actor than you. — Carroll Baker Copy Share Image
'Three Tall Women' is kind of fascinating. I had never seen it itself, and I imagine the audience will find it very intriguing to… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there. — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
When one thing ends, you put it away and start from scratch on the next thing. — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I don't like the camera. I get very self-conscious with it and then spend way too much time not looking self-conscious instead of being… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I gravitated back to theatre again, and when I heard about this little independent movie called 'Lady Bird,' I thought, 'This will be a… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I work just as hard and have just as much fun whether in a 50-seat house or in a 1000-seat house. It's a luxury… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
Really, I'll go anywhere at any time to continue working in theater - it's a passion that I'm thankful I still have. It keeps… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get. — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
When I get a beautifully written piece of material, I immediately start imagining how I would interpret it. I love just daydreaming about it… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
No matter how many times you've done it, the early stages of getting a show up on its feet is very hit and miss.… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it. — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I auditioned for the theater school, and I was there for four years. In the meantime, I did my first… — Ana de Armas Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field. — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image