Cinema Quote by Martin Short

It depends who the director is you know, I mean Ken Loach for instance. I've done up to 32 takes with him.

— Robert Carlyle

I think if I were asked to do as many as fifty takes, I would assume the director had no idea what he wanted,…

— Ian Mckellen

I adapt to directors, I don't like making directors adapt to me. If I'm with Clint Eastwood then I'll do two takes, if I'm…

— Jennifer Lawrence

I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through the movie,…

— Steven Spielberg

You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.

— Stephen Fry

With film, you stop and go. You have to do 20 takes or whatever.

— IronE Singleton

If a director, I believe, has vision and knows so clearly what they want, then you can have a film that can perform. Whereas…

— Nate Parker

A good director is very well prepared, and knows exactly how he's going to cut the film, so the shooting is as efficient as…

— William H. Macy

As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job right. And…

— George Clooney

My logic says that you can make 50 films and still be a bad director, or make one film and be really good.

— Arshad Warsi

I understand, certain scenes have to have a lot of takes. As an actor, I think it's quite nice to have a handful of…

— Luke Evans

In 10 different takes, you can do a scene 10 different ways.

— Scott Patterson