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We are absolutely open to working with outside directors. But the criteria for working with outside directors would be the script they have, the kind of vision they have.

Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.

I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.

Both Peter Chan and Wong Kar Wai are directors that I respect very much.

I have always been a director's actress.

There are a lot of directors who really need the assistance of an actor and they need the actor to come up with something good all the time.

Well, I have been offered films by big banners in the past and I have humbly declined to be a part of them because there is no point hiring directors and making them do films which do not allow them to express their creativity more freely.

I don't think I worked with wrong directors.

Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.

I think about a lot of my favorite directors, and I think about their first films, and I have great admiration for the earthiness of those films.

Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast.

I follow the director's lead because they generally know more about the big picture, but I also trust that the director will give me enough freedom to play.

A lot of directors say, 'Do whatever you want, and I'll just change it on set.' But I love being involved in every part of production. It's very exciting. It's like an empire of creation: Everybody is working so hard to respect a vision and an idea, and it's very weird and inspiring at the same time.

It's important to see how people see your work and how they feel about it. I know a lot of directors who are like, 'I never read reviews,' and I'm like, 'Yeah I can tell.'

Facts are, directors are not thinking of me; they think I only act in my films, because they're stupid. Or they think I'm a control freak, that I will try to, I don't know, pimp their scripts and just change everything, which I will never do.

It's important to push the agenda of hiring women directors.

I have an image of Shanghai, which is quite different from other directors, I think. The story of Shanghai should happen in back alleys.

I don't do rehearsal. Some directors prefer to do rehearsal - readings before the actual shooting - but I don't like this process because I think there are certain things that are so spontaneous, and they cannot happen twice.

I let my people know that I'd love to work with Ryan Coogler one day because I thought he's just one of those truly auteur directors of our time. And I was just like, 'I want to work with a guy like that.' I think he has such a great understanding and distinct voice of his own.

Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more.

Confusion seems to have become the vogue of European directors.