Actresses Quote by Shirley MacLaine

I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.

— Laurie Metcalf

On a very small scale, I kind of understand why the directors that I work with do certain things. I don't consider myself an…

— Hayley Kiyoko

As an actor on a film, you have no control over the final product - your job is to make a director's vision come…

— Maya Hawke

Being a good actor is incredibly difficult. But the amount of responsibility is so much less on your shoulders than directing.

— Marielle Heller

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

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

Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that.

— Marie Windsor

I think to be a good director you have to be a good person and you have to care about people.

— Kristen Stewart

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

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel…

— Robert De Niro

I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what…

— Gillian Jacobs

Film is such a director's medium; you're really in their hands in terms of the real storytelling. As an actor, you can give a…

— Rachel Weisz