Actor Management Quotes

Shooting a film with seven to eight actors together is complicated sometimes because you have to cover everybody.

I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.

We've had no problems with the actors, but we keep a really loose set.

You work with every actor differently. It's like if you're a mother, if you have children, some children need more discipline. Other children, you back off of a little bit and let them be. It's the same way with actors. Some actors need a lot of hand holding. Other actors like to be let be, and you let them go.

Show-running is a very difficult job that includes so many responsibilities; I'm working with the actors, working with directors, writing, making decisions like, 'What fabric is that sofa gonna be?'

I would say that maybe directors who act as well are easier with actors. I'm not saying that all directors have this, but sometimes you'll come across a director who sort of looks at an actor a bit like a kind of untrained horse that's been let out of the stable, like they might buck him.

Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had on the road.

The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards.

I believe in preparation. As you already know we had to deal with many crews, 2 cameras. Also as I said we had to get many different actors because they tried to tamper with the project. I just liked doing the movie how I envisioned it. I wanted it to be my own.

Priyadarshan has directed over 84 films and more than 150 ad films. With every film, he is growing. He knows his job well; he is thorough. His way of making a film and song or choreographing a scene is entirely different from other directors. He knows how to use an actor's talent and how to handle an actor.

My department is to get actors to do stuff.

I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven.

A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them. It looks like cunning, but you try to get extra things from them all the time, by stealth, by making them feel confident, so they trust you and you can push a bit.

People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice.

I work through the actors, and the more successful I am, the less my work is apparent.

I've spent most of my life trying to make actors comfortable, which I think is 90 percent of getting a good performance.

And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen.

You're very in tune with, because actors are all different, and it's very tricky when you throw us all together because we all work differently. You want to get the best work out of every individual actor.

I run Willow Management, which is the biggest agency for other short actors. We look after performers who are either under five feet and over seven feet tall.

Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion.

As far as working with actors, I feel very comfortable working in that aspect of directing.

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.

No, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic.

I never approach an actor till I have finished the script.

But I don't really care for directors flaring up and trying to humble some actor, which they would do to try and make an example out of them so everybody else would stay on the ball - and David wasn't anything like that.