Actor Quote by Martin Donovan

The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.

— Stanley Tucci

Actors know how to talk to other actors in a way that sometimes other directors just don't.

— Grant Heslov

If there's one thing that I know how to do, it's talk to actors. From what I have experienced working with so many different…

— Carrie Preston

As far as working with actors, I feel very comfortable working in that aspect of directing.

— Jim Rash

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

— Michael Mosley

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to…

— Eli Roth

I have to say from an actor's perspective, to work with a director who has been an actor through most of their career is…

— Karen Allen

I don't come to work as an actor. There are many directors who can direct without ever having acted and do a great job…

— Abdellatif Kechiche

Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language is and…

— Kerry Washington

It's advice I always give to directors when they're starting out: Take an acting class to really see what it feels like to be…

— Marielle Heller

The way that I deal with actors as a director is I just talk to them forever before we even arrive on set.

— Sam Levinson

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

— Alex Cox