Parker Posey Quotes

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

When I'm playing as an actor, I don't want to interfere at all with the director. I'm just an actor. I'm totally respectful.

I love actors, both my parents were actors, and the work with actors is the most enjoyable part of making a film. It's important that they feel protected and are confident they won't be betrayed. When you create that atmosphere of trust, it's in the bag - the actors will do everything to satisfy you.

What I feel is great acting might be rubbish for another filmmaker. There is no right or wrong way to do it. It all boils down to the trust between an actor and a director.

One rule which applies to every role is that you have to surrender yourself to the director with an empty slate.

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

I'm always amazed when any actor can decipher my direction.

Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, and a good director is going to know that.

I'm an actress who likes a strong, communicative director.

I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.

I think part of the fun of being an actor is getting to work with different directors and seeing their take on it, what they're passionate about. They all have different ideas about your character.

You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.

I can speak to actors in their terms. Knowing I was an actor, they relax. You can have the best shot in the world - but, at the center of it, you still need a good performance.

An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls down. I adore working with actors.

Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that.

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.

The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.

As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors.

With acting, you are a small part of the creative process, and sometimes it is hard to feel like you are making an impact.

It's important to listen to the actor who is there on the stage and living it.

I enjoy acting, and I appreciate people who have passion about what they're doing and have a vision about the film they're trying to make.

I am a director's actress in general - I depend a lot on them.

And being an actor already means that working with cast as a director, I have a clear understanding of their position and that collaboration is great and useful.

I think acting is a work of imagination.

I have realised I am a director's actor.