A Quote by Joe Mantello

I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.

Joe Mantello

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Joe Mantello
American - Actor
Born: December 27, 1962

I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.

Xavier Dolan

I know a lot of actors don't watch themselves on TV, but I think it's good to see how else you can improve.

Michael Welch

I think a lot of actors need validation. If you see truly amazing actors perform, they expose themselves to such an incredible degree. You can really see their pain.

Alex Kingston

Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.

Joe Pantoliano

There are some actors who can only play themselves, but good actors must really be separated from the people they play.

Stephen Humphrey Bogart

I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves.

Charlotte Rampling

I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves

Charlotte Rampling

I would like to direct good actors, and there are good actors who are stars.

Karthik Subbaraj

So many actors say, 'Oh, I can't bear to see myself on screen,' but it's not true. Everyone loves to see themselves from a good angle.

Pete Doherty

Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.

Garret Dillahunt

The government should take a decision on whether to allow Pakistani actors in India or not, but I think directors and producers will themselves not cast Pakistani actors seeing the kind of opposition the country is witnessing against them.

Mahima Chaudhry

I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.

Rob Lowe

Something I learned as an actor was which scenes needed to be rehearsed and which actors are good with rehearsal, which actors learn from it, and which ones grow stale because they start to second-guess themselves.

Angelina Jolie

A good director creates a playground for actors, and lets them go. The trick for a good director is in casting properly, and creating the playroom, and then they'll get stuff that they don't expect, and can't even direct. All the audience wants to believe is that whatever is happening, it is happening for the first time. They want to see the people within the work exchanging dialogue and action in that moment. There are not a lot of actors that can do that.

Martin Landau

Practically all writers and artists are aware of their destiny and see themselves as actors in a fateful drama. With me, nothing is momentous: obscure youth, glorious old age, fateful coincidences - nothing really matters. I have written a number of good sentences. I have kept free of delusions. I know I am going to die soon.