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There is a director for a reason, because a director knows what's best for the movie. You just give your director as much as you can to work with, and hopefully, the decisions they make are going to be great.

With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Because it is their medium. In a way, you are serving the director, and when it is someone that you feel you can have a lot of confidence in, it can make a big difference.

A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.

The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.

Whatever it takes, the job of the director is to be the leader and to get your actors where they need to go. That's a philosophy that I have.

The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.

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 follow the director's lead because they generally know more about the big picture, but I also trust that the director will give me enough freedom to play.

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

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.