The first thing I ask when Im offered a part is, Whos the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles..
I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors..
The main problem is that the Hollywood system has already made the film before the director shoots a single frame..
I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across..
When I grow up, I still want to be a director..
At times as an actor, it's often times unclear as to what the directors envision for a project..
Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there..
I've been really lucky to work with some really great film people in the past, but television works on a much quicker schedule, and it's the TV direc….
I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role..
I'm shy to call myself a director still. When someone says, 'What do you do for a living?' I don't know if I've earned that..
I learned a lot from Clint [Eastwood], who's an extremely economic director. I learned a lot from Michael Winterbottom, who really gave a lot of trus….
Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about being an actor's director..
There's nothing worse than a director that keeps changing their mind. Because, unlike the directors I work with, I'm not decisive at all..
If there is one thing that, as a director, you don't want to be a part of, it's a group. It's the same thing with music. I don't want to be a part of….
It's through working with a lot of first-time directors that I realized that people learn on their feet. Everybody works on something for a different….
Movies are certainly a director's medium, so getting the opportunity to work with really good directors is everything to me..
As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not bein….
Oh, what the hell did I know? I went to the set the first day in full makeup and the director told me to take it off. So I did the film without makeu….
You can't see any movie nowadays really without it having some sort of CGI treatment, albeit whether it's a creature or an environment, something lik….
I'm just saying to everyone. The director does not direct the trailer. It's an edited version that takes so many moments of the movie, sometimes it's….
(When asked what a director does) I help..