Actor Communication Quotes

I think that actors are terrible communicators as people by and large. I think our tendency is to kind of be self-centered and tune people out and just kind of get really me-focused, so I think communication for actors is a big challenge actually.

There are a lot of directors out there who are very specific, visual craftsmen, and while I have the utmost respect for that, they don't really communicate with the actors.

There's not a lot of talking between actors - either between actors or between actors and directors. People think that they sit in rooms and talk about psychology and motivations. I don't think that happens much.

Actors know how to talk to other actors in a way that sometimes other directors just don't.

One of the greatest things I've learned, as an actor, was how to talk to actors.

When you have another actor as your boss, they understand how to communicate easier sometimes than just a writer.

A lot of actors never talk to other actors about how they're doing things, or why. I think it's important to share the way you're thinking.

I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.

My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer and director, in terms of knowing what is playable and what will be fun to play, for actors, and also how to communicate to actors on set, and not screw them up and get them in their head.