Actors Quote by Hugh Dancy

I felt like when you're an actor, you don't get to fully creatively express yourself - most of the time, it's not your own…

— Jihae

All I've tried to do as an actor is follow the good writing. That's been my main drive. It's not always possible, so when…

— Cillian Murphy

When people give you a writing assignment, they're asking what you think. That's the very opposite of being an actor. When you're an actor,…

— David Rakoff

I spent a lot of time doing really unimportant work as an actor. It was important when I started writing that I obviously make…

— Taylor Sheridan

You have to fire yourself as the writer when you direct something you've written. You have to fire yourself, or else you get precious…

— Joel Schumacher

I've always written for actors, and if you want to write for good actors, you have to write parts that are surprising, that are…

— Peter Hedges

I'm an actor, not a writer. I'd be pretty annoyed if the writers tried to come in and hang over my shoulder telling me…

— Shoshannah Stern

I think sometimes you can think up a story, but it's because you're comfortable doing that, but when you're an actor, one of the…

— Himesh Patel

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

You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.

— Anonymous

As an actor, you're completely at the mercy of other people. You basically go begging for the opportunity to work. As a writer, at…

— Harold Ramis

When I'm writing, I'm writing for a particular actor. When a lot of writers are writing, they're writing an idea. So they're not really…

— Todd Phillips