Beatrice Dalle Quotes

Sometimes it's the script or an opportunity to work with an incredible director.

With any of the movies I've had a chance to do, or any of the TV shows I've had a chance to contribute to, people approach me and say, 'Hey, would you like to do this?' I laugh out loud and say, 'Yes, that'd be funny.' Or, I'm very moved by what I read and say, 'Yes. How can I help you?'

I wanted the opportunity to work with Judy Davis and Simon Wincer.

You can't ever let yourself be thrown by a camera. That's never good for an actor. When you're reading the script, you want to work with someone you trust so there's nothing to worry about.

If Judd Apatow called me, I'd do it without thinking about it. I think he does really fun movies.

He's very alive in a scene. He's a very good actor to act with. Even though through most of the picture he's blind, there are many places early in the picture I got to be with him before he was blind. Like convincing him in the office to do the picture.

Whether it be in a small movie or a big movie, I would always be attracted to this role.

When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.

I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in.

I have a relationship with New Line, so I'm grateful to them for taking a punt on me - both for 'We're The Millers' and 'It'.

I think the movie business, you meet people, and you work intensely with them, and you have these relationships - there's an intimacy to it and a familiarity to the relationship because you're having to let go of all your barriers so you can let people in and work with them.

Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

When Ron Howard rings you up and says, 'I'd like you to do my film,' you do it.

As an actor, I love the feeling of being on set and the camaraderie of working on something together.

I directed a short series for Hulu called 'Paloma,' and being in an editing room, I learned a lot about acting. It gave me a new bolt of energy in terms of my interest in filmmaking because it made me realize how collaborative filmmaking can be and also that you're not just limited to one job.

I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.

I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'

You can start with a great director and great actors and have a great script - and it still just doesn't work. It's kind of a mystery how that happens.

Getting to work with good filmmakers and getting to play good characters in films is so special.

More than anything else, I love to act and leave the rest to my director.

The new 'Creed 2' movie is coming out, so I was actually going to audition for that. Got a little audition tape, so hopefully that goes through. That would be pretty neat. Being Ivan Drago's son in the movie? That would be pretty fun.

Once I sign up for a film, I just go by the director's instructions.

For the film 'Saat Khoon Maaf,' which was adapted from my story 'Susanna's Seven Husbands,' I did collaborate on the screenplay. I even took a small role in the film, of a priest.

When it's a good director, you can feel when they trust you when they cast you.

All great directors or anyone who has a strong vision like Scorsese needs to have a lot of support around them. I think from the very beginning - when we met each other - he realised he could trust me to do what was right for his movies.