Actor Quote by Paul Haggis

I think what's great about that relationship between an actor and a Director is you have to really blow away all your thing, the…

— Hilary Swank

I think directors can be a little insensitive to how vulnerable an actor is, when he's giving a performance. Part of the job of…

— Eric Balfour

Many directors try to direct things that are only going to make the actor uncomfortable. You tend to get more out of the actor…

— Neve Campbell

When you're an actor, you're very much exposed, but in a strange way you're totally protected behind a character, behind a script, behind a…

— Mathieu Demy

Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that.

— Marie Windsor

Actors need to trust themselves. If you trust yourself, you can trust others and leave the director outside.

— Martin Landau

As an actor you appreciate the security of a job. But I don't ever want to get too comfortable.

— Chris Noth

What's interesting, is that I've found that the more accomplished a director is, the more secure they are in giving direction that sounds incredibly…

— Aaron Sorkin

When I'm playing as an actor, I don't want to interfere at all with the director. I'm just an actor. I'm totally respectful.

— Jordi Molla

I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really try and…

— Bill Condon

Some deeply untrusting actors - the kind that need to know exactly what's what and are completely insecure - might be quite good within…

— Mike Leigh

A lot of directors tend to manipulate actors' vulnerability to get what they want, and that can work.

— George C. Wolfe