Actor Interaction Quotes

I love working with actors. That's what the set really is, for me. It's my time with the actors.

I live in New York, where people don't tend to go up to actors as much.

In 'Race 3,' the only person I was scared of working with was Anil Kapoor.

One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.

You can do a whole scene in acting without ever checking in to what the other guy is saying - it's not going to come off great, but you can get through the scene - whereas in improv, that's gonna be impossible.

When I write plays, I'm already seeing the shapes on stage, of the actors and their interaction, and so on and so forth. I don't think I've ever written one play as an abstract piece, as a literary piece, floating in the air somewhere, to be flushed out later on.

When you're on set and you professionally listen to what the other actors have to say, then the emotion is naturally evoked.

The script is so important... Even if you have a huge entourage or big lighting trucks, the most important thing is the space between the actor and the camera.

One year at the SAG Awards, somebody practically knocked me over, and it was Helen Mirren. She was like, 'Oh my God - is it really you? I'm your biggest fan.' I was like, 'Wait, aren't you supposed to be home reading Shakespeare or something?'

Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.

I don't think there have been many alien movies where the actors have actually seen the aliens.

Mel Gibson was lovely. He was on the edge of both scenes that I had with Danny Glover.

When on the set of a film, you have to play natural for entire scenes in a very unnatural environment. You have to express emotions and interact with other actors and also use your voice.

My main interest in being a director, and the most important thing to me, is that world with the actors.

I don't storyboard. I guess it dates back to my days in live television, where there was no possibility of storyboarding and everything was shot right on the spot - on the air, as we say - at the moment we were transmitting. I prefer to be open to what the actors do, how they interact to the given situation.

I have worked alone and with a cast and enjoy the process both ways. There is more back-and-forth with a full cast, and you can feed off the other actors' performance.

I got to work with Jeffrey Wright, which is fantastic. I started out starstruck, but he's so cool, so it was all OK.

I had sittings with Akshay Kumar during 'Airlift.' People who are passionate about music get involved in the making of the songs. I used to have a good interaction with him.

It's really easy to finish a movie and sort of immediately dive into the next one, because I love working with actors so much and being on set, my inclination is to try to get back to that as soon as possible. There's just never much of a gap.

Finn Jones, me and him hang out a lot.

I was totally shocked when Willem Dafoe's manager said that he wanted to have lunch with me.

The first day of shooting I walk up to Christopher Walken, and I said, Should I call you Mr. Walken or Chris? He goes, 'Call me Flash.'

Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.

As an actor, you generally want to see the other actor's face.

Laurence [Fishburne] is a great example of how to communicate to the audience as you're acting with another actor.