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I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do.

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.

I guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other directors, and you know the way that you would like to be directed.

You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're able to finesse performances out of you that a lot directors can't get.

I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong.

Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful thing for a director to have experienced that. It helps you know how to talk to actors and how to get what you need from them.

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

You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take.

I'm not a director who feels I should be in your face all the time. I really want you to watch the actors and listen to the play.