Acting Quote by Victoria Abril

If you're working with a director you trust, you can turn that part of you off that wants to direct other actors in a…

— Michael Cera

Acting doesn't exist in a vacuum. You need the director to have a set of eyes.

— Miles Teller

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can…

— James Dean

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

— Andy Serkis

You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional actors, it's…

— Darren Aronofsky

What I feel is great acting might be rubbish for another filmmaker. There is no right or wrong way to do it. It all…

— Mani Ratnam

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

Acting is about passion. You have to be passionate and single-minded about it. It can devour you, you must find ownership.

— Madhuri Dixit Nene

The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't.

— Alan Rickman

Acting is a great life and all that, but it's the director who is really in control.

— Jackie Coogan

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to…

— Eli Roth

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