Mekhi Phifer Quotes

Oh absolutely. I had the pleasure to get to know a lot of really talented young actors before they even really hit it big. And yet what we all had and shared in common was a love for movies.

I love actors, and I'm very protective of them. I trust them. It's a mutual trust.

I loved working with Mandy Patinkin, I have to say.

I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely love input from my directors and my writers. I know that there's some actors who like to be left alone, they like to be very independent, but I actually really enjoy the teamwork.

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

I'm very thankful to directors and filmmakers who consider me in their films, and I hope I'm able to do justice to their films.

Stacy Keach was really fun to work with, and Henry Winkler was very fun.

When you work with a DeNiro or Hoffman, they love what they do so much that there's never any competitive vibe. It's more about how do we do this thing together.

Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

I absolutely love working with David Boreanaz, and Charisma Carpenter I completely adore - she teaches me to dance.

Anything that I can do with Jennie Garth, I would love to do it. I really like her. I got along with her really well, and I enjoyed her perspective on life. I think she's really talented and very, very funny.

I love working with great actors.

I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.

I just love the process of working with other actors.

I'm looking forward to working with some of the best cast and crew there are.

Improv is a very big thing for me. The thing with actors is I do not understand at all how they do what they do. I'm fascinated by it, and I have such a respect for it.

The terrible thing about being an actor is that it's not a solo occupation.

There are so many young talented actors today whose work I respect and admire - Ryan Gosling is probably primary among them. I take inspiration from so many amazing actors.

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

I always like to work with really good filmmakers and really good actors.

I love Clint Eastwood, and I wish to work with him again. He's completely irreverent about everything, including his own beautiful work.

I'm inspired to work with good actors, period. I want to work with the best anytime because I think they'll make me better.

I do really like my co-stars when I'm acting. As a person, as a partner, and as something beyond that.

The biggest quality of good actors is that they know how to respect their co-actors, whether they are as big a name as them or not.