It does make you a better director and a better actor.
You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.
Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.
When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on.
You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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 was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.
I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.
You can tell when an actor or actress cares about their work. It's really clear.
Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.
An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do it fast.
As an actor I think sometimes producers need a little bit of encouragement to see you in a particular role, they may not have as much imagination as you would expect.
I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary.
I'm very cautious about talking about how actors got where they got, as though there is in fact a plan or a way. There is no plan, there is no way, there's no sure set, there's no handbook, on how to get to be an actor.