Acting Quote by Evangeline Lilly

Acting is more fun than writing. Writing is harder, more like having a term paper.

— Owen Wilson

I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting.

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I've been acting for so long it's more like - I won't say easy, exactly, but there's not the same angst with writing that…

— Molly Ringwald

There's a joy in acting that's not present in writing, but there's a gratification in writing and creating that you can't necessarily find in…

— Mike O'Malley

I think in some ways, acting and writing are the same. You're getting inside the skin of someone else; you're creating their language and…

— Finn Wittrock

Writing and acting are almost diametrically opposed in terms of being an actor it's in your interest to be in shape and to be…

— John Buffalo Mailer

Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better,…

— Donald Glover

One of the difficulties of being a writer must be that you create drama that you can't live out. That's one of the wonderful…

— Anjelica Huston

Writing is the great skill, the creative skill. The acting is more an interpretative skill. And the thrill for me is the moment when…

— John Cleese

Writing is much more satisfying on a certain level than acting ever was. Because you're not interpreting someone else's original idea, you can come…

— Michael Beck

I started writing when I started acting professionally because, with acting, there's so much time when you're not working, and there's so much rejection…

— Finn Wittrock

Acting is an incredibly gratifying, creative experience when you're doing it. But in the off-season, you want to scratch that itch, and writing has…

— Robert Sheehan