Actors Quote by Theodore Bikel

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working…

— Jessica Lange

As an actor, I look at scenes much differently than I would look at them as a director, and I never realized that until…

— Jensen Ackles

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

I didn't know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called 'Cold…

— John Ridley

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

— Laurie Metcalf

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

— Kathryn Bigelow

All the actors I've worked with as a director over the years I really love and I thought they were all right for the…

— Billy Bob Thornton

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

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

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to…

— Anthony Minghella

I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor.

— Russell Crowe

Curiously, directing my own films have made me more tolerant and patient. I've always been an extremely impatient actor. Waiting around drove me nuts.…

— Robert Redford