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So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say, 'oh yeah - that's a great point.' And you never know; often you can help far more than you think you can, because there's so much more that he's juggling than an actor.

Any good director, and I've worked with a few that I would call very good, they know how to disarm any anxieties very quickly.

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

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.

To be a good director, you have to have good life experience. I'm getting there.

Sometimes a great director will do a bad job and an okay director will do a great job. You never know.

A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.

The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.

I think what makes a good actor's director is somebody who understands what I'm doing and is respectful of it, but who also has a vision and is directing me toward their vision in a way that feels productive.

I've worked with a lot of great directors.