Actors Quote by Christopher Reeve

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.

— Lillian Hellman

The whole thrust of theatre is different, just because the writing is so much more respected in a play. Whereas in movies - and…

— Matt Damon

Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does.

— Helen Mirren

A lot of writers, because they don't understand actors, feel like, in order to be better at their performance, they have to change the…

— Giovanni Ribisi

There are so many talented people in film today. There seem to be poor scripts, but the actors and actresses are very talented.

— Frederick Lenz

As an actor you can always blame the director or writer for negative feedback. But as a writer, you're the reason why everyone's in…

— Zawe Ashton

It's difficult for writers in the theatre. It's difficult for writers in the theatre.

— Donna McKechnie

I think you're blaming the actors for being in bad movies, and that isn't fair.

— Tom Arnold

Actors and writers need to come back to the theater because it's a place where you can learn. You have to pay your dues,…

— Joanne Woodward

My preference is for good writing. It doesn't matter if it's for film or TV. Whatever. It starts with the writing. Even though I've…

— James Nesbitt

Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.

— Amy Ryan

Writing for the theatre is so different to writing for anything else. Because what you write is eventually going to be spoken. That's why…

— Sam Shepard