Better Quote by Robin Wright

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

— Samantha Morton

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

— David Morrissey

I always used to say, as a director, that I could make anybody good in a movie if you found the right part. It…

— Corbin Bernsen

Any time you cast an actor, you don't just cast that actor; you cast all their other performances as well.

— Sonya Walger

I also think the more experienced you get as an actor, you start to hear the conversations about why people get cast and not…

— Gillian Jacobs

I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like…

— Todd Solondz

That's the fun part about being a director. You get to say, 'Oh, now that I'm in charge, I can try and cast whoever…

— Drew Goddard

Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think you need…

— Asia Argento

Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they're a better actor than you.

— Carroll Baker

I'd make a terrible casting director.

— Gail Honeyman

If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated…

— Catherine Keener

The way that I deal with actors as a director is I just talk to them forever before we even arrive on set.

— Sam Levinson