Actor Quote by Michael Douglas

I feel like directing is an innate talent.

— Jordana Brewster

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

— Marielle Heller

An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls down. I…

— Nicholas Ray

It's incumbent upon a director, if you want to pull the best performance out of an actor, you have to really work to who…

— Anthony Russo

I've seen what a difference a good director can make to an actor's performance.

— Soha Ali Khan

There's no lack of talent out there. I suspect there is a lack of creative guidance, and that would not be solely the responsibility…

— Harold Prince

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

— Jim Rash

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

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 guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other…

— Luke Evans

I feel like a lot of directing is casting.

— Damien Chazelle

Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.

— George Clooney