Art Quote by Stellan Skarsgard

As actors, we have the opportunity to work with many directors. Directors only work with themselves and other actors. They never know what it…

— Tom Hardy

Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works.

— Robert Zemeckis

Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful…

— Grant Heslov

It is one of the few elements in the process that a director really, really can't control: an actor's performance. If you have a…

— Jason Bateman

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

A director's job is like parenting. You have to look after your actors like children, pay attention to each of their different abilities.

— Kalki Koechlin

I think what's great about that relationship between an actor and a Director is you have to really blow away all your thing, the…

— Hilary Swank

The techniques of different directors are very different, and people have different ways of expressing ideas in film. I'm happiest when working with a…

— Howard Shore

A good working relationship between an actor and the director is very important. It takes a while to build a comfort zone because filmmaking…

— Rasika Dugal

When you work with directors who really love actors, who love their contribution, it feels amazing. But sometimes when you work with directors, you…

— Ruth Negga

An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls down. I…

— Nicholas Ray

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