Acting Quote by Paddy Considine

It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written and you feel compelled to tell, in some ways it's…

— Paddy Considine

As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're…

— Jonah Hill

The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're…

— Amber Benson

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to…

— Eli Roth

You - as a director, you have to do your job, you have to show things, and you don't have to ask the actors…

— Michel Hazanavicius

As an actor, you have to believe in the point of view of a director; as a director, you have to be able to…

— Diego Luna

As an actor, your focus is very finite. All you're worried about is your character and what you have to do, what your goals…

— Jason Priestley

As a director, I have to do everything. As an actor, I'm just worried about one role, that's it. As a director, everything is…

— Tasha Smith

You grow up loving movies, and your first instinct is you want to be an actor, because those are the people you see in…

— Emily Meade

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

You can be playing a line some way and the director wants you to change that, or you can disagree. But I always think…

— Ewan McGregor

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