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I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.
FRED DURST I started out as a writer and a director. I started acting because I wanted to know how to relate to...
CHADWICK BOSEMAN Movie making is really, it's a director's medium, it's not even so much an actor's m...
REBECCA ROMIJN There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's n...
CAMPBELL SCOTT As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a v...
NATALIE DORMER![]()
Directing myself definitely made me a better actor. And, you know, I think actors have the best trac...
MATT DILLON It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right i...
EMILY WATSON Richard Marquand, on Jedi, was very much an actor's director.
PETER MAYHEW My greatest strength as an actor is that I follow my director's brief completely. The film is al...
JOHN ABRAHAM![]()
It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell...
BILL NIGHY![]()
And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the cl...
GARY OLDMAN As a director on 'The Office,' there's a tremendous weight that comes with directing fea...
HAROLD RAMIS![]()
The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the who...
ROLAND JOFFE Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, a...
DOUG JONES I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body.
DAVID WENHAM![]()
You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor w...
CLINT EASTWOOD I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.
LAURIE METCALF As an actor, sometimes you've gotta take the jobs that you may not want to do. It's so hard ...
TRAVIS FIMMEL Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple st...
CHARLES KEATING You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an act...
IAN SOMERHALDER I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
PATRICIA CLARKSON It used to be that you kind of got pigeonholed into one thing - you're either a stage actor or a...
AARON TVEIT Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI I don't follow anything that's said about him much, but the Uwe Boll that I know is just a r...
MICHAEL EKLUND![]()
Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And h...
ROBIN WRIGHT Any actor will tell you there's more of a schedule to doing a television show. That's why yo...
JASON MARSDEN My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into th...
YUL VAZQUEZ Some film actors want to sit back and look at every scene and all that crap. No, you're an actor...
CLARKE PETERS At any period of an actor's life, it's fairly likely that they'll be cast in ways that a...
BEN MENDELSOHN![]()
People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directin...
JULIANNE MOORE![]()
When you're an actor, you often feel victimized - you see the end result, 'Oh, they didn'...
RON HOWARD I think becoming an actor because it's a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel ver...
HUGH DANCY Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON![]()
I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherw...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL When you're making an independent film, it's like this actor plus this actor equals this fun...
JILL SOLOWAY![]()
Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She...
DENZEL WASHINGTON Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of under...
AARON RUELL![]()
An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to...
ANDY SERKIS I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as a...
GATTLIN GRIFFITH I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truth...
NAVEEN ANDREWS![]()
All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never b...
KIRK DOUGLAS I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no ...
SAM CLAFLIN![]()
I think that's just a natural instinct as an actor is that you want to just keep exploring human...
ERIKA CHRISTENSEN![]()
If there's anything I'd hate as a son-in-law, it's an actor; and if there's anything...
JOSEPH P. KENNEDY![]()
It's no fun to be a struggling young actor. It's a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If y...
TOMMY LEE JONES I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's u...
NOEL CLARKE![]()
There's nothing I dislike more than being in a photo shoot where they say, 'Be yourself.'...
MARGOT ROBBIE![]()
I never wanted to stay in one genre; I never wanted to be pigeon-holed or defined as the actor who o...
DWAYNE JOHNSON I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to reall...
BILL CONDON With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there&#...
DAN FUTTERMAN With independent film, as an actor, you have more involvement - it's very much more connected. I...
ALIA SHAWKAT![]()
You never really know why you become an actor: it's a visceral thing, an emotional thing.
ANDY SERKIS![]()
So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.
ICE T It would be a dream to do a film with Pedro Almodovar and that whole crew of Spaniards. There's ...
JULIE GONZALO I get to delve into some of the most creative experience I've had as an actor on 'Mr. Robot....
RAMI MALEK![]()
I really want my career to be as an actor-writer-director-producer, you know? I don't know what ...
DANNY STRONG I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
GARY SINISE![]()
It bothers me when people say, 'Oh, you're so down to earth - for an actor.' Even when t...
JAKE GYLLENHAAL![]()
When I'm a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It's someb...
CLINT EASTWOOD Maybe I'm a better actor when I know there's going to be an older woman involved.
HUNTER PARRISH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON![]()
You have to find it in the moment, and that's one of the challenges of being an actor - especial...
AARON STANFORD My process is very disempowering to the director anyway, so it's essential that you be respectfu...
DAVID MILCH![]()
But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as...
DAN STEVENS My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, a...
ED SPELEERS![]()
The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore....
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY![]()
An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's...
MAGGIE SMITH![]()
One of the things that makes you want to be an actor, speaking only for myself, is that there's ...
COLIN FIRTH I was born in that family. So I don't know the difference between born as an actor's son and...
RAM CHARAN It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
YVETTE NICOLE BROWN For me, I had to overcome shyness to be an actor. But as a director, you lose your subjectivity, you...
GENE SAKS 'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an act...
A. J. COOK![]()
As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but t...
RALPH FIENNES I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes...
MICHAEL MANN Adult actors are really childish, and that's nice to be around when you're a kid. So the big...
JACK DAVENPORT It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written an...
PADDY CONSIDINE If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted...
JACK DAVENPORT![]()
The only thing that I know how to do as an actor, as a trained actor, is you can't villainize th...
COREY HAWKINS It's funny because I've resisted acting as a career for most of my life. But both my parents...
DYLAN PENN![]()
I'm an actor who believes we all have triggers to any stage of emotion. It's not always easy...
HUGH JACKMAN It is hard to be an actor on a TV show, because you don't know what's coming and you sort of...
ELIZABETH MERIWETHER In every shoot, between the actor and the director there is manipulation. I'm not saying that ne...
ADELE EXARCHOPOULOS A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.
NATASHA RICHARDSON The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played ...
ED SPELEERS![]()
So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of ...
CHRISTIAN BALE It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor need...
JOEL MCHALE![]()
Every project is a new challenge for an actor. If it's not, it's boring.
STEPHANIE SIGMAN As an actor, it's hard to direct because, suddenly, you're not around. The thing which I hat...
DANNY HUSTON![]()
There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my indu...
KEVIN BACON![]()
As you know, Hollywood loves to pigeonhole all the actors and actresses, and suddenly I got 're-...
LIAM NEESON![]()
Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Ac...
ALAN RICKMAN It's a long struggle being an actor; I don't know if I'd ever recommend it to anybody!
MARC WARREN![]()
The negativity will always be there. I think that's for any actress or actor. But I think you...
AMY JACKSON![]()
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's followi...
JAMES DEAN![]()
It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'...
IOAN GRUFFUDD I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole ide...
VINCENT GALLO I'd love to see the rushes but it's just not allowed because directors and also a lot of act...
COREY HAIM It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing.
MAJANDRA DELFINO It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON
FRED DURST I started out as a writer and a director. I started acting because I wanted to know how to relate to...
CHADWICK BOSEMAN Movie making is really, it's a director's medium, it's not even so much an actor's m...
REBECCA ROMIJN There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's n...
CAMPBELL SCOTT As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a v...
NATALIE DORMER
Directing myself definitely made me a better actor. And, you know, I think actors have the best trac... MATT DILLON It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right i...
EMILY WATSON Richard Marquand, on Jedi, was very much an actor's director.
PETER MAYHEW My greatest strength as an actor is that I follow my director's brief completely. The film is al...
JOHN ABRAHAM
It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell... BILL NIGHY
And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the cl... GARY OLDMAN As a director on 'The Office,' there's a tremendous weight that comes with directing fea...
HAROLD RAMIS
The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the who... ROLAND JOFFE Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, a...
DOUG JONES I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body.
DAVID WENHAM
You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor w... CLINT EASTWOOD I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.
LAURIE METCALF As an actor, sometimes you've gotta take the jobs that you may not want to do. It's so hard ...
TRAVIS FIMMEL Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple st...
CHARLES KEATING You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an act...
IAN SOMERHALDER I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
PATRICIA CLARKSON It used to be that you kind of got pigeonholed into one thing - you're either a stage actor or a...
AARON TVEIT Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI I don't follow anything that's said about him much, but the Uwe Boll that I know is just a r...
MICHAEL EKLUND
Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And h... ROBIN WRIGHT Any actor will tell you there's more of a schedule to doing a television show. That's why yo...
JASON MARSDEN My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into th...
YUL VAZQUEZ Some film actors want to sit back and look at every scene and all that crap. No, you're an actor...
CLARKE PETERS At any period of an actor's life, it's fairly likely that they'll be cast in ways that a...
BEN MENDELSOHN
People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directin... JULIANNE MOORE
When you're an actor, you often feel victimized - you see the end result, 'Oh, they didn'... RON HOWARD I think becoming an actor because it's a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel ver...
HUGH DANCY Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON
I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherw... MALCOLM MCDOWELL When you're making an independent film, it's like this actor plus this actor equals this fun...
JILL SOLOWAY
Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She... DENZEL WASHINGTON Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of under...
AARON RUELL
An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to... ANDY SERKIS I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as a...
GATTLIN GRIFFITH I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truth...
NAVEEN ANDREWS
All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never b... KIRK DOUGLAS I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no ...
SAM CLAFLIN
I think that's just a natural instinct as an actor is that you want to just keep exploring human... ERIKA CHRISTENSEN
If there's anything I'd hate as a son-in-law, it's an actor; and if there's anything... JOSEPH P. KENNEDY
It's no fun to be a struggling young actor. It's a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If y... TOMMY LEE JONES I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's u...
NOEL CLARKE
There's nothing I dislike more than being in a photo shoot where they say, 'Be yourself.'... MARGOT ROBBIE
I never wanted to stay in one genre; I never wanted to be pigeon-holed or defined as the actor who o... DWAYNE JOHNSON I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to reall...
BILL CONDON With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there&#...
DAN FUTTERMAN With independent film, as an actor, you have more involvement - it's very much more connected. I...
ALIA SHAWKAT
You never really know why you become an actor: it's a visceral thing, an emotional thing. ANDY SERKIS
So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting. ICE T It would be a dream to do a film with Pedro Almodovar and that whole crew of Spaniards. There's ...
JULIE GONZALO I get to delve into some of the most creative experience I've had as an actor on 'Mr. Robot....
RAMI MALEK
I really want my career to be as an actor-writer-director-producer, you know? I don't know what ... DANNY STRONG I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
GARY SINISE
It bothers me when people say, 'Oh, you're so down to earth - for an actor.' Even when t... JAKE GYLLENHAAL
When I'm a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It's someb... CLINT EASTWOOD Maybe I'm a better actor when I know there's going to be an older woman involved.
HUNTER PARRISH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON
You have to find it in the moment, and that's one of the challenges of being an actor - especial... AARON STANFORD My process is very disempowering to the director anyway, so it's essential that you be respectfu...
DAVID MILCH
But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as... DAN STEVENS My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, a...
ED SPELEERS
The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore.... MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY
An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's... MAGGIE SMITH
One of the things that makes you want to be an actor, speaking only for myself, is that there's ... COLIN FIRTH I was born in that family. So I don't know the difference between born as an actor's son and...
RAM CHARAN It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
YVETTE NICOLE BROWN For me, I had to overcome shyness to be an actor. But as a director, you lose your subjectivity, you...
GENE SAKS 'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an act...
A. J. COOK
As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but t... RALPH FIENNES I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes...
MICHAEL MANN Adult actors are really childish, and that's nice to be around when you're a kid. So the big...
JACK DAVENPORT It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written an...
PADDY CONSIDINE If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted...
JACK DAVENPORT
The only thing that I know how to do as an actor, as a trained actor, is you can't villainize th... COREY HAWKINS It's funny because I've resisted acting as a career for most of my life. But both my parents...
DYLAN PENN
I'm an actor who believes we all have triggers to any stage of emotion. It's not always easy... HUGH JACKMAN It is hard to be an actor on a TV show, because you don't know what's coming and you sort of...
ELIZABETH MERIWETHER In every shoot, between the actor and the director there is manipulation. I'm not saying that ne...
ADELE EXARCHOPOULOS A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.
NATASHA RICHARDSON The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played ...
ED SPELEERS
So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of ... CHRISTIAN BALE It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor need...
JOEL MCHALE
Every project is a new challenge for an actor. If it's not, it's boring. STEPHANIE SIGMAN As an actor, it's hard to direct because, suddenly, you're not around. The thing which I hat...
DANNY HUSTON
There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my indu... KEVIN BACON
As you know, Hollywood loves to pigeonhole all the actors and actresses, and suddenly I got 're-... LIAM NEESON
Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Ac... ALAN RICKMAN It's a long struggle being an actor; I don't know if I'd ever recommend it to anybody!
MARC WARREN
The negativity will always be there. I think that's for any actress or actor. But I think you... AMY JACKSON
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's followi... JAMES DEAN
It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'... IOAN GRUFFUDD I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole ide...
VINCENT GALLO I'd love to see the rushes but it's just not allowed because directors and also a lot of act...
COREY HAIM It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing.
MAJANDRA DELFINO It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou. 
He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the... 
They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I no... 
This is one of the factors that also made me very much want to make this film, apart from the fact t... 
Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, the... 
When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look... 
It is a shame for anyone
Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. D... 
This world
I am under no illusion that our present strategy of using means short of total war to achieve our en... 
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. 
If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our... 