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The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.

Actors know how to talk to other actors in a way that sometimes other directors just don't.

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act.

As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.

Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language is and how to best support each other, and also take care of yourself.

I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.

As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with.

There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.