Depends Quote by Robert Carlyle

You can do 12 great takes, but if the director is no good, he'll end up picking the wrong one.

— Martin Short

I think if I were asked to do as many as fifty takes, I would assume the director had no idea what he wanted,…

— Ian Mckellen

Other actors like to rehearse on film-they like 30 or 40 takes. When you get an actor like that, it becomes difficult for me…

— Richard Widmark

I adapt to directors, I don't like making directors adapt to me. If I'm with Clint Eastwood then I'll do two takes, if I'm…

— Jennifer Lawrence

I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through the movie,…

— Steven Spielberg

Arnold and Jamie Lee must have worked over the years with directors that did 50 takes, because I'd get like three takes or so…

— Penelope Spheeris

It's a lot for one director to do six hours, particularly in the Marvel way.

— Kate Herron

As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job right. And…

— George Clooney

If a director, I believe, has vision and knows so clearly what they want, then you can have a film that can perform. Whereas…

— Nate Parker

We actually did a lot of takes on this movie [J. Edgar Hoover]. I never left the set wanting more. That's for sure. I…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.

— Stephen Fry

It doesn't matter if I have experienced actors alongside or novices. It doesn't matter if the director is one film old or a hundred.…

— Radha Ravi