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And I think being a good director is being able to be completely tyrannical and you've got to be an absolute dictator while at the same time, you have to listen and see everything because it can all change on a dime. -- Bob Balaban
And I think being a good director is being able to be completely tyrannical and you?ve got to be an absolute dictator while at the same time, you have to listen and see everything because it can all change on a dime. -- Bob Balaban
I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director. -- Laurie Metcalf
I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do. -- Gillian Jacobs
I don't care about names attached to the script. That doesn't matter to me. All things being equal, I would like to work with a good script with a good director, and the part I play is of less important than those two factors. -- Alan Arkin
The X-Files' from the beginning was a very visual show, and with Bob Mandel directing the pilot and Dan Sackheim being involved in the production of the pilot and directing the first episode, they brought a visual style to it that was elaborated on by so many good directors. -- Chris Carter
I've read a hundred fantastic scripts that didn't pan out as films, and I completely put that on the directors. I've also read some mediocre scripts that have ended up being amazing, and I credit that to the directors. They're the storytellers. If you don't have a good storyteller, you really have nothing. -- Chris Evans
I've always been quite mature because of the way my parents brought me up. They were very good at talking to me like a person rather than a baby, and I was around so many actors and directors from such a young age because my dad is an actor. I was more comfortable with adults rather than actually being an adult child. -- Saoirse Ronan
Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something. -- Gary Oldman
The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's a chance to try out different styles. -- Mary Harron

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