Aaron Ruell Quotes

I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it helps me as a director because I know what I like as an actor, and I try to get that to the actors who I'm working with.

The best way to learn how to work with actors is to have had experience of trying to act yourself - it will teach you humility if nothing else.

An actor puts himself in the hands of a director. And the director's first responsibility, obviously, is to tell the story, but the smallest thing that's not true reads on the screen. So if a director sees that an actor is not believable, he needs to help him become believable.

Jack Bender is a real actor's director. Because he was an actor, and because he directed theater, he really enjoys that process.

It is always a pleasure to be directed by an actor because they know the scene from the actor's perspective, too. That's an advantage.

When we watch a film as actors, you have to understand that we always see much more than what's on screen.

I think acting is boring because you have to sit for a long time. And being a director I am used to running around and being busy on sets. I lack the actor software.

I guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other directors, and you know the way that you would like to be directed.

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.

Being an actor helps me direct a little bit, when I do that, which I haven't been able to do that much, but I plan to in the future. There are a lot of reasons for that, but certainly because I feel like you know how to talk to actors, and you know what they need from you if you've been one yourself.

'Hollyoaks' is where I learnt a lot of the craft, being in front of a camera six days a week. That's certainly an experience you don't get in drama school. It invites you to be comfortable in front of the camera.

Actors, I think, are all the same. Both Korean actors and American actors are all very sensitive people, and they are all curious to know what the director thinks of them and how they are evaluated, and they try to satisfy the director. And they like it if you listen carefully to their opinions and accept them.

An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls down. I adore working with actors.

If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.

I've acted with all types, I've directed all types. What you want to understand, as a director, is what actors have to offer. They'll get at it however they get at it. If you can understand that, you can get your work done.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.

A lot of directors want to storyboard you, whereas the best way to get a performance out of an actor is a collaborative process where you listen to the actor's input.

My experience has been that actors always want to be directed.

I can tell you that from the director's chair, young actors love to be challenged, to be given killer lines that take time to wrap their mind around.

As an actor, I had noticed very vividly that very few directors know how to direct actors because they haven't done it.

Alan Ball, he's good at challenging his actors, I'll say that.

I am totally a director's actor.

It helps for actors if you have one director.