Derek Hough Quotes

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

As a writer, you're really in control of almost everything. That's not the case in TV. You have to be prepared to work with a lot of people to make something happen, and you got to be prepared, at least in the beginning, to not be too good at your specific task.

Nothing is harder than working with an actor who doesn't take it seriously or show up in the same way that you are.

On my set, people have to respect the actor's process. I totally respect what actors do. I give them whatever time they need, and I never scream out directions from the camera. I take the time to walk up to them and talk to them personally.

It's like a cast of actors; you're all working together closely under pressure to produce something everyday. And when we put up an issue, it's like the curtains opening on a new play. I really like that daily sense of surprise.

I work with a group of actors, and whenever one of us has an audition, we all get together, and we all work together on it. I think it takes us back to our film school days, our drama school days, us just working together and figuring it out because somebody else is going to see something in the material that you won't see.

I've worked on shows where the lead actor doesn't know their lines, doesn't care, and it affects everybody - the crew, the director, the other actors. It's definitely a responsibility.

All good actors are easy to work with. It's the ones that aren't very good who tend to be very difficult.

One of the great things I learned from how cooperative theater is, you can't be too precious about your ideas.

When you work with good actors, you feed off each others' energies.

On the sets, I am just an actress, and I am okay with whoever I am working with.

I just can't say enough about the actors having faith and trust in the writers and the writers having faith and trust in the actors.

I love everyone over at Netflix. They're all fantastic and an absolute joy to work with.

I don't want egos and personalities on the set that make it more difficult to make the film. I don't want people who take the focus away from the movie and the ideas behind the movie.

If you're lucky enough to work with great actors and creative people, they're always just going to be who they are, so I don't think there's a difference between the Brits and the Americans.

And I think one way or another it's evident to those who work with me that as a writer, a director, a friend, as somebody's there that's very anxious to get the movie made.

Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes.

No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.

The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing.

Fashion is much more collaborative than one might think. You have to have an idea and vision, and you have to communicate that vision to a team of people, and you have to create an environment that allows those people to give the best that they can give.

When I was doing the first 'American Pie' movie, I was just happy to have a job. We had a good time, and it was a great group of people, but like any project that I've worked on in my career, you just put your best foot forward, and you're all working together to make the best movie possible.

My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.

I love actors, and I'm very protective of them. I trust them. It's a mutual trust.

I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers. I feel that I am just a storyteller, and whether I am wearing the director hat or the playwright hat, it doesn't matter. And the rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic, and the best idea wins.

In life, you don't judge people on how they are at home, you judge them on how they are at work.