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I think great directors really respect their actors and vice versa. That mutual respect makes the job fun instead of anything but. — Lake Bell

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. — Thornton Wilder

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with. — Gillian Jacobs

Directors have so much else to do besides tell actors what to do. There are so many issues and problems. — Michael Douglas

There were many, many other 'Django' films following mine, with other actors and directors, but there is only one 'Django.' — Franco Nero

In some way, the relationship between a director and an actor is personal. — Ryan Gosling

The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true. — Ian McKellen

I'm sure there are directors who don't like to work with actors and don't know how to be sensitive to actors. — Anton Yelchin

I'm so lucky to have the opportunity to work with some directors and some actors I wouldn't have dared to think I would work with one day. — Marion Cotillard

As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough. — Karine Vanasse

A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors come into being. — Peter Mullan

Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors. — Truman Capote

Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories. — Kevin Spacey

I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors. — Joaquin Phoenix

When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors. — Sean Combs

There are certainly producers I hang with and directors I hang with and actors I hang with. — Michael Keaton

I like dangerous directors who like dangerous actors and dangerous productions. — Tim Curry

My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors. — Morena Baccarin

I'm not a great fan of green screen. It's not much fun for actors. It's great for directors and technical people and cameramen. — Dominic West

A lot of actors aren't particularly good directors. And they're not particularly good with other actors. That's kind of a fallacy. — Peter Mullan

I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid. — Tommy Lee Jones

The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different. — Viggo Mortensen

There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors. — Judd Apatow

A movie has its own fate, which often doesn't depend on the performances of the director and actors. — Zhang Ziyi

I think that I just need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I am challenged. — Paul Walker

Actors, writers, directors - that triumvirate of creativity - we have to rely and trust each other to be able to get to the final product. — Bryan Cranston

I wanted to work on a cable show and with a writer/director because that's a much more fulfilling and freeing experience, as an actor. — Tom Ellis

I have immense admiration for the writer/directors and director/actors who just seamlessly do both jobs at the same time. — Jim Piddock

I'm lucky that I've worked with so many different directors with very different styles and with a lot of different actors. — Emma Watson

I would love to be a fly on the wall watching other directors and actors to see what their process is like. — Chiwetel Ejiofor

When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that. — Michael Pitt

As an actor, Sean [Penn] is brilliant. And he's really an excellent director, as well. We got along really well. — Vilmos Zsigmond

I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect. — Ricky Jay

I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show. — Harry Hamlin

I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't. — Viggo Mortensen

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time. — Paul Haggis

I have so much respect for television actors and directors. We're on set doing 16-hour days, and that's just what we do. — Michelle Borth

As an actor, I look at scenes much differently than I would look at them as a director, and I never realized that until it actually happened. — Jensen Ackles

School is like theater. Teachers are like directors, students are like actors, and classes are like theatrical presentations. — Victor Miller

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 part. — Billy Bob Thornton

I'm not interested in being a celebrity; I'm interested in being a better actor and a better director. — Denzel Washington

I'm not a famous director yet, and I'm not into fame. I like to just work. As a director, as an actor, whatever people consider me is fine with me. — Tommy Wiseau

As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is. — Billy Crystal

Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors. — Sam Worthington

Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place. — D.W. Griffith

It's just unfair that talent of color aren't given the same opportunities as white and male actors, directors, producers, writers, et cetera. — Darnell M. Hunt

I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame. — Franka Potente

I've been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them. — Paul Dano

Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors. — Ben Stiller

The best and most talented directors - and I think it goes for people too - are the most confident in giving room to their actors and trusting them. — Ari Graynor

The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict. — Ewan McGregor

I knew that I always wanted to be a filmmaker, an actor, a writer and a director, that was always my plan. — Jaime King

I love working with actors. I love visual things. I always intended to be a writer who directs and a director who writes. — Charlie Kaufman

Good directors give short and specific instructions to their actors. — Bill Hader

The Actor should make you forget the existence of author and director, and even forget the actor. — Paul Scofield