Shea Whigham Quotes

Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

I love the process of working with a filmmaker and the writers and the actors.

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've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the audience. Therefore, the best part for me as an actor is to act well in the movies and make a jolly atmosphere with the co-stars on the sets.

I think it's dependent on where life takes me. For sure, I absolutely adore acting. It has been my passion from a very young age. But at the same time I am very intrigued by the camera, and also very intrigued by props.

As an actor, I can just show up and do my job. The success and failure of the film depends on team work.

I have a lot of appreciation for what people do in front of the camera as well as behind the camera. I don't think I could like one without the other. Eventually, I think the road will lead me down to producing or directing, because it's more about problem solving.

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

I would love to work with Tom Hardy. Maybe do something crazy or dramatic that is different for me.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.

Directing is more what I would like to get into eventually. Frankly, I feel like it would be a waste if I didn't because I've spent so much time on film sets, and I know how they work, and I love them, and I love leading them. I would like to do that as a director definitely.

I'd love to do a romantic comedy. And perhaps, if the character was right and I had a good gut instinct, a Bollywood movie. And I'd love to direct. One day. I'm learning a lot on the set of 'The Good Wife.'

'Saw' has been a unique experience in that I've had the opportunity to work with some really great artists, and everyone has contributed in so many different ways, in all of the different departments of a film crew.

I like to just work with great directors.

I provide the bricks and mortar with the words and situations - the director and the actors and the designers build the house.

Directors tend to be more underrated than overrated because it's a quiet job and people don't really understand it.

I have worked with some great directors.

I've had great luck with directors. I've worked with all the great ones.

Directing movies is the best job there is, that's all. I can hardly say a word after that. It's just a great job.

I enjoy the medium of film, and I think I understand it well, and I like working with directors, so yeah, I think I'll stick with this.

There are a lot of directors I'd still love to work with. Paul Thomas Anderson is someone I'd love to work with. I think Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is very talented. Ang Lee is very talented. I mean, there are a lot of people. There are many great directors out there.

I made movies with some very nice people, experienced actors.