Actors Quote by Charles Dance

I think it's incumbent on actresses to bring something else to the part which isn't in the script.

— Natascha McElhone

If it were all in the script, why make the film?

— Nicholas Ray

This is why every actor wants to get a script - they want to see what the arc of the character is.

— Paul Raci

Actors don't request what scenes to be written in. That's just not how it works.

— Nicholas Gonzalez

Writers get to stay with the piece. They don't just turn the script in and somebody else takes it over and goes out and…

— Wanda Sykes

It's unusual when you get scripts not wanting to change things - I'm one of those actors who writers must hate as I'm always…

— Denis Lawson

All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character out of…

— Joe Johnston

Back then, it was more or less we couldn't change a line in our script. We weren't allowed to change lines. Today, actors change…

— Donna Douglas

I think it's counterproductive for actors to come to the set with well-thumbed copies of the book their film is adapted from.

— Charles Dance

Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in the edit,…

— Idris Elba

Most scripts are written to be green lit. They're not written to be acted. And a lot of writers with the greatest intention in…

— Laura Linney

It's down to the actors to show the writers the potential of the character.

— Sarah Lancashire