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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.

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

I feel whatever an actor does on screen is something the actor 'does,' and what the director can do is to tell, talk or instruct. So, all the credit for an actor's performance goes to the actor alone.

As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I want you to do this this way, you know when he gets to the editing room he has a reason for it. It's like watching a masterpiece.

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 a subject pops into a director's head, you either fit in there somewhere, or you don't. An actor is only who he is. Especially as you get older, there's not as much of a range of potentially feasible parts.

If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.

As an actor, you work to the script: that's our main priority. But you have to be aware and look around for things that help you bring that little bit extra, that touch of realism that rams the point home.

There are certain actors you watch in a movie, and you think, 'Wow, that guy is very skilled.'

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