Biggest fear Quote by Miguel Sapochnik

An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do…

— Carol Kane

Some actors merely have to appear before the camera and they are able to convey exactly what the director wants.

— Sharat Saxena

The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know…

— Ben Kingsley

As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I want you…

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

It's a lot of power to give the director to edit his own stuff. It's also a time thing: you don't want to have…

— Joe Dante

I'm not someone who enjoys long talks, long rehearsals. I'm very technical: I tell my actors, you come in, you sit down, you pick…

— Michael Haneke

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working…

— Jessica Lange

When you're the guy behind the camera, you're aware of the reasons for the compromises or the changes that get made. As an actor,…

— Casey Affleck

I kind of end up getting caught up in whatever the rhythm of the movie is and how open the director is to changing…

— Michael Cera

I don't believe moviegoers don't have patience. Screenwriters are told a scene can't be longer than three minutes, that you have to cut to…

— Tracy Letts

The best directors leave you alone. If they've cast you in the part, hopefully they believe you have the gumption to interpret the part,…

— Brenda Fricker

Every single director stops at the moment he thinks he has the shot. Sometimes, directors shoot an establishing shot where everything is in the…

— Javier Camara