Howard Hawks Quotes

A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when working with a director who knows little tricks - correct music, slowly pushing in - that stunning performance will somehow become even better. I've always seen it as a symbiotic relationship.

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

Of the two 'True Grits,' the John Wayne version one is better.

Jennifer Aniston and I have always just really gotten along well... I was just fortunate to be a good fit for parts in her films.

Most development doesn't make it to series. So you want the writer and director to have a really good experience with development because, if it doesn't work out, you want to work with them again. You have to know their work really well, know the drafts really well, and when you give notes, you need to have really thought them through.

My Mom and Dad did it pretty good, so I know it can work. The foremost thing I would say about working with Robin and Sean is that they were devoted to this project and devoted to their characters. You can't ask for any more from talented actors like that.

It was director Krishna Reddy who introduced me as a hero. All my films with him have been very successful.

As actors, we have the opportunity to work with many directors. Directors only work with themselves and other actors. They never know what it is like to work with another director. So that relationship that one has with a director is entirely always the king.

I've done a pretty good job of hitting 18-34-year-old males, and not such a good job of reaching kids. Disney has done a great job of reaching kids, but maybe not the 18-34-year-olds. I figure I can learn a lot from Disney, and maybe, I don't know, they can learn a lot from me.

I've definitely become more aware and conscious of what directors I'm working with because it's so important. The director is really more than half the battle of the film. You really rely on that. That's become really, really important to me, for sure.

I was following my muse and I was very fortunate in having good people around me and it turned out to be a pretty good recording in my opinion.

Hopefully, I'll just get to be part of good films and work with good people, and that's how it will develop.

I've said yes to everything that Jon Stewart has asked me to do. That's been a pretty good career decision, I think.

I have a really good relationship with Focus Features; we had a wonderful time working together on 'Sin Nombre.'

For 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' for example, Woody Allen is one of the greatest American directors, and we really had a very good working relationship. We understand each other really well. He gave me one of the best opportunities somebody has ever given me in my career.

Working with Christopher McQuarrie and working with Tom Cruise; two people who are just so good at what they do, it just makes you better.

I've done a collaboration with Action Bronson, which is, like, the coolest thing I've done so far.

I think about my editor when I write. She's a good friend, too.

The relationship between an actor and a director is like a love story between a man and a woman. I'm sure sometimes I'm the woman.

As a Western, 'The Magnificent Seven' was a pretty good film. I don't think it was as interesting or as multi-faceted as 'Seven Samurai.'

Whenever you have the creator pulling your card and saying they want you to be a part of it, you're in a pretty good position.

As with any actor and any collaborator, it's about forming a trusting relationship. And that's not that you have to get him to trust you so you can get him to do what you want. Especially with a little kid, it's about making them feel really safe, and getting to know and not treating them as a puppet to be moved around.

I like Babyface, but he keeps the good stuff for himself. If he's willing to give his good stuff to me, we'll talk. But it can't be any of his B-grade stuff.

I sign on to any project because of the director: because they won't change, and you've got to feel confident that you're in good hands, in their vision.

A lot of the time, the scripts you get to read are remakes or reboots or sequels or prequels.