Acting Quote by Peter Capaldi

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

— Sean Penn

Acting is like playing, while directing is really fun, sort of like an orgy.

— Rachel Griffiths

Acting and directing are two separate disciplines that rarely mix.

— Vijay Sethupathi

Acting requires emotional flexibility and demands, and directing is more cerebral and managerial and a tactical kind of thing.

— Tim Matheson

Actually I have to say when I'm acting, I try not to think about directing at all.

— Renee O'Connor

If you're directing and acting, I feel like they both suffer, to some extent. There are so many elements to it. If you do…

— Josh Hutcherson

I personally don't prefer acting and directing in something because I don't have the same objectivity.

— Malik Yoba

Each actor is a very different person, and each one has to be directed very differently.

— Pedro Almodovar

Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.

— George Clooney

Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.

— Victoria Abril

Acting is acting, but acting is different in almost always every project, and very, very different in this context.

— Helen Mirren

I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.

— Federico Fellini