Actors Quote by Matt Dillon

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

Directing requires great discipline, that ability to be in and out at the same time. The great ones I've worked with are like generals.…

— Robin Williams

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

— Marielle Heller

Whatever it takes, the job of the director is to be the leader and to get your actors where they need to go. That's…

— Shawn Levy

Directing is like cooking, it's like cuisine. You cannot make a great dish with bad ingredients. I have great actors, and I'm putting them…

— Louis Leterrier

I find directing so incredibly rewarding and challenging and humbling and exciting and engaging. Scenes become challenging. Actors bring out the best of you.…

— Noah Wyle

Directing is definitely something that is in my life for keeps, and the more I do it, the more I realize how much I…

— Carrie Preston

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

— Salli Richardson

Being an actor is great; you chill in your trailer, and they bring you a breakfast burrito and coffee. But as director, you're responsible…

— Justin Chon

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

— Jim Rash

Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.

— George Clooney

I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.

— Domhnall Gleeson