Actors Quote by Zhang Ziyi

If films could run because of performances, everybody's films would do well. It is the director who makes the film.

— Sharmila Tagore

The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never going to…

— Edward Burns

Director of any film is very important, and an actor has to leave himself in his hands to mould.

— Leander Paes

When you think of a particular director, you think you would have liked to be with them on one particular film and not necessarily…

— Clint Eastwood

The success of a film depends on the screenplay, and nothing else.

— P. Vasu

I think a director is hugely responsible for the fate of a film, so if it does well, he should be appreciated. As an…

— Diljit Dosanjh

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

Even though a screenplay is performed only once, unlike other forms of drama, it's still a performance in itself, and unless it's a great…

— William Monahan

When you shoot an independent movie you have a very limited amount of time, and you don't want to be that actor, when a…

— Isla Fisher

Films should involve a director's idiosyncrasies as much as possible I think.

— Rostam Batmanglij

In the life of a director - these days in particular - when it really does take so long to do a movie, with…

— Holly Hunter

I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.

— Cary Elwes