Acting Quote by Luke Evans

You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting.…

— Ian Somerhalder

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel…

— Robert De Niro

Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful…

— Grant Heslov

Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they're a better actor than you.

— Carroll Baker

Directing takes a good chunk of your life out. It's a very hard thing. As an actor, you go in for a couple of…

— Billy Bob Thornton

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the…

— Jon Turteltaub

As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are.

— Bryan Cranston

I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.

— Alex Cox

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

— Shea Whigham

After all these years, I'm starting to learn what a good director does, and I know what a good one does with actors: help…

— Brian Geraghty

What you find with really good directors is that they kind of leave you alone. They've hired you because they know the kind of…

— Joe Morton

Acting isn't always about the amount of talent you have, or your ability to cry on command. The point is, how well can you…

— Shannon Purser