Actor Quote by Stuart Townsend

Actors are like writers. They kind of use what's available, absorb it and make it their own.

— Amanda Bearse

At times, actors do not really get what they want to do. Most of them are not in a position to pick and choose.

— Arshad Warsi

Actors look for characters. If they read a well-written character, and if they think the director's not an idiot, they're going to sign up…

— Andrew Dominik

Every actor prepares differently and to different degrees of privacy. Some want to talk everything out. Others really don't want to talk anything out…

— Todd Haynes

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

— Dirk Benedict

Actors like to know who they are playing, what they are thinking, feeling, meaning, intending at any one time.

— Sean Mathias

You work with each individual actor as you perceive their needs to be. It's something that you've figured out in the weeks of pre-production.

— Rebecca Miller

Actors know how to talk to other actors in a way that sometimes other directors just don't.

— Grant Heslov

You don't want to bring an actor in and force them into a performance. You want their input. You want their creative thoughts.

— Andrea Romano

When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.

— Michael Pitt

Actors are conditioned to develop a system for expressing as much as they can in the shortest amount of time because you're going to…

— Campbell Scott

Some actors merely have to appear before the camera and they are able to convey exactly what the director wants.

— Sharat Saxena