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Working with actors really depends on the actor. Most of the directors I've worked with don't really know how to speak to actors, actually; some of the best directors don't.

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

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

I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.

A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them.

As an actor, I had noticed very vividly that very few directors know how to direct actors because they haven't done it.

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

There are a lot of directors out there who are very specific, visual craftsmen, and while I have the utmost respect for that, they don't really communicate with the actors.

A lot of actors never talk to other actors about how they're doing things, or why. I think it's important to share the way you're thinking.

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