Actor Quote by Michael Mann

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

The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.

— Tom Courtenay

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

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

— Marielle Heller

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

I have friends who are movie stars, and I think it's just as hard a job as being a working actor. But it's a…

— Frances McDormand

There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.

— Luke Evans

You're not a star until you love yourself. Directors, yeah, they've got to love their own philosophies. But actors have to really love themselves.

— Shekhar Kapur

Actors are like kids, they need to play a little bit. And that's the nature of their job, they need to shake off some…

— David Ayer

As a director you want to have actors, not only surpassing themselves, but also going somewhere, going different places.

— Xavier Dolan

The reason I prefer working with established actors and stars is because they are more popular, and the film reaches out to more people…

— Jacqueline Fernandez

Most actors are pretty adaptable because we work with so many directors.

— Kyle MacLachlan