Actors Quote by Robert Redford

As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss and has all the power. I'm a control…

— Ebon Moss-Bachrach

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.

— Ray Harryhausen

The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a whole team…

— David Morrissey

For me, as an actor, it's always about getting out of my own way. I can put so much pressure on myself to keep…

— Jovan Adepo

As an actor, it's hard to direct because, suddenly, you're not around. The thing which I hate about directing is the waiting game, but…

— Danny Huston

Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't…

— Ray Harryhausen

I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director.

— Gary Sinise

It was difficult every ten days having a new director. I'm a real collaborator and, as an actor, I want to be directed. It's…

— Jeanne Tripplehorn

I think that I get different kinds of joy out of directing a film and acting, and it's sort of necessary to just be…

— Sarah Polley

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

I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body.

— David Wenham

I am more comfortable in the actor's and writer's role than a director's.

— Sreenivasan