Actor Quote by Shiri Appleby

I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

— Jonah Hill

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do…

— Stanley Tucci

I like a director who is very observant and is watching what I'm doing and noticing what I'm doing, but is giving me time…

— Julia Stiles

I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

— Austin Nichols

I don't usually see what I've done. I don't often watch the film or watch the show. It's really about that experience on-set and…

— Jennifer Beals

Television can become a bit of a treadmill for directors. You come in, nobody knows you, the actors are already doing what they're doing,…

— Michael J. Bassett

On a lot of shows that I've done, we had the same directors, which was cool. But then, it's also great to do shows…

— Laura Prepon

I guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other…

— Luke Evans

Directors don't get to see other directors at work - they're the only one on the set. I've met directors who've asked me what…

— Colin Firth

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to…

— Eli Roth

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

You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting.…

— Ian Somerhalder