Collaboration Quote by Viola Davis

I like to plan everything out and know exactly what we're doing. It's always important to me to work with a cast and a…

— James Gunn

Sometimes when you walk onto a set, there are very clear delineations. The crew don't talk to the actors and I hate all that.…

— Rebecca Mader

The more you are putting together the crew and the schedule, the more intimately you understand what each crew members needs to do their…

— Fred Hechinger

Many of the crew members I work with and continue to work with were friends or have become close friends, and so we keep…

— Noah Baumbach

I start with actors that I know personally or I know their work, and there are things about their work or their presence or…

— Jim Jarmusch

I am always friendly with my co-actors and even other actresses, too.

— Rakul Preet Singh

The less I speak to the actors, the better. And I always hire great people, and I don't want to impose my pre-conceived notions…

— Woody Allen

The way that I deal with actors as a director is I just talk to them forever before we even arrive on set.

— Sam Levinson

I've had pretty much the same crew for all the films that I've made, and I've managed to have really nice, calm, funny people.…

— Ben Wheatley

When I was really young, I was reluctant to be perceived as bossy, and I thought that working with an ensemble was about generating…

— Liza Johnson

I choose my actors well and get to know the quirks of their personalities - and, most of all, I share humor with them.…

— George Cukor

One of the greatest things I've learned, as an actor, was how to talk to actors.

— Eric Balfour