Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong.
Robert De NiroI didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there.
Robert De NiroYou talking to me? You talking to me? Then who the hell else are you talking to - you talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here.
Robert De Niro