Actor Quote by Michael Pitt

I've learned from every director I've worked with. Everybody's style is very different, and I always say that being an actor is the best…

— Lake Bell

I never went to school for directing. I studied theater with a director. I followed plays to see how a director would talk to…

— Denis Villeneuve

A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to…

— Peter Dinklage

I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage…

— James Denton

Once I went to film school, I realized that film directing was actually much better than theater directing, because you kind of get to…

— Mark Waters

A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama…

— Eva Green

As I've always been open to learning, directors have helped me with the nuances of acting.

— Riya Sen

I think I've always wanted to direct, but I didn't go to film school. I was lucky enough to work in movies, and I…

— Greta Gerwig

But, working with directors whose history is in performance, I feel like there's a different kind of focus, as opposed to directors who are…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

Theater was such a different school of acting. But it really is a foundation of everything. It's where it all started! And I feel…

— Matthew Lewis

I don't have much estimation of my abilities as a director, but I found I loved class and loved process and loved practice. And…

— Jeff Perry

People think a director teaches acting. But in good films a director doesn't.

— Sreenivasan