Acting Quote by Swoosie Kurtz

Every director should take an acting class.

— Paul Feig

I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.

— Andy Serkis

People think a director teaches acting. But in good films a director doesn't.

— Sreenivasan

When you have a good director, it's just wonderful.

— Sarita Choudhury

I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven.

— Frances McDormand

Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.

— Chris Hemsworth

As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into…

— Griffin Dunne

I've secretly harboured a desire to direct for a quite a long time. It's so much more challenging. As an actor you might be…

— Tara Fitzgerald

I always like being a director in terms of giving acting notes and punching up on the fly.

— Matt Besser

As a director you want to have actors, not only surpassing themselves, but also going somewhere, going different places.

— Xavier Dolan

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

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

— Melanie Laurent