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When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.

I think a lot of good actors - for instance, Gary Sinise - have no training. His training was really entirely on his feet. I suppose you have to have an instinct for it.

As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.

Part of an actor's job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries to work.

When there's no technical problems, if you did the right casting, and the scene is well written, the actor will give you a strong performance with his intuition right from the start.

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

The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.

A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening.

Good actors, you always know what they're thinking. That's why they're good actors.

Sometimes perception is almost more important than the skill level of an actor.