Actors Quote by David Ayer

I try not to write for actors because A, they're not the character, and B, it's really depressing when you don't get them.

— Theodore Melfi

When I'm writing novels, even screenplays, it's never an actor I have in mind; it's always the version in my head of who the…

— Jonathan Tropper

It's often wrong to write for specific actors because one ends up using what is least interesting about them, their mannerisms and habits. I…

— Claude Chabrol

I don't really write with actors in mind; I write with characters and then hope desperately that we can get good actors to play…

— Jack Thorne

I generally don't think of prospective actors when I write.

— Misha Green

I usually try not to think about actors while writing, because the odds of those stars aligning and you getting those specific people are…

— Diablo Cody

No I don't really write thinking about specific actors because it can get in the way a little bit.

— Lorene Scafaria

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already…

— Paul Haggis

As a writer you see the big picture and how you can tell as one character, how your storyline is going to meet up…

— Richard Dormer

I'll write a character with a certain actor in mind, but then once I start casting, I have to forget about who I pictured.

— Nicole Holofcener

That's always my ambition is to create a character out of what will help tell the story. I've never been an actor to say…

— Harrison Ford

Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in the film…

— Abbas Kiarostami