I would say that maybe directors who act as well are easier with actors. I'm not saying that all directors have this, but sometimes you'll come across a director who sort of looks at an actor a bit like a kind of untrained horse that's been let out of the stable, like they might buck him.
“I can, of course, think what I want, just like everyone else. I simply have to refrain from saying everything I think.”
“I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me.”