Actor Quote by Sarah Sutton

I never try to show an actor what to do or what to say. He has to find out for himself. The role of…

— Nicholas Ray

A very quick way to annoy me as an actor is a director trying to tell me what my character's thinking.

— Lily Gladstone

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

— David Wenham

The only thing an actor can do is, whatever lands on the carpet in the hall, you read it, and if you can't put…

— Liam Cunningham

As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

— Kevin Spacey

As an actor, youre always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

— Kevin Spacey

When you're on stage with an audience, the director's nowhere to be seen. He's onto the next job.

— Ian Mckellen

As the son of a director, I really believe an actor's place is just to shut-up and do what you're told to some agree.

— Max Minghella

I think people take their behavioural tips from everyone else. So, if the director is calm and the lead actors are calm, no one…

— Robert B. Weide

As an actor, your best help is just to shut up and get out of the way.

— David Hewlett

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working…

— Jessica Lange

That's how I am as a director - if somebody does a really good take, I can't help it, I'm not even aware of…

— Cameron Crowe