Jonathan Krisel Quotes

To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.

I think every actor would probably say that it's always a collaboration. And if you ask directors, they'll tell you that they expect the actors to bring something. They don't want to be thinking for everybody.

I've worked with actors who were very helpful and a lot better than I was.

I love working with great actors.

It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

Acting is probably the number one team sport in America as far as I'm concerned.

With acting, there's a certain amount of independence you have within the framework of the storytelling. When it's done well, it's a collaborative medium.

I think, you know, actors rely on each other all the time.

The thing about acting that's unlike any other art form is that it's collaborative; directing and acting are a collaboration, and your acting won't succeed if the lighting design doesn't succeed or sets don't succeed.

I get very excited when I get a chance to work with actors who are as passionate as I am.

When I call 'Action,' I love to be surprised. And the actors I've been fortunate enough to work with always surprise me in the best ways.

When you have the cast, the sets, the lights, an opera takes on its own life. I'm not one of those directors who marches in with a set of plans.

Having learnt my basics in theatre, I always feel film is a collaborative effort. If you do your part well and help the person in front of you in realising his or her potential, the film invariably comes out good.

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

I try to create an environment where, when we step onto the set, we're all in character.

I learned more in the rehearsals for 'The Letter' than I have ever dreamed of know in the theater as a critic. If it doesn't make me a better critic, I'm an idiot.

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.

I just love the process of working with other actors.

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

I think it makes a difference when the actors are enjoying it more than anything because we have a real blast on 'Torchwood.'

Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better.

One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.

Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.

Chemistry is one of these crazy things you can't teach or learn or you can't fake. You go in hoping it will work, hope that you will connect with the other actors. I was fortunate on 'Modern Family' and 'The Procession.' They are great people, very easy to like.