Actors Quote by Idris Elba

Good actors never use the script unless it's amazing writing. All the good actors I've worked with, they all say whatever they want to…

— Jessica Alba

For most actors, it is the script that chooses them and not the other way around.

— Manoj Bajpayee

When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very…

— Casey Affleck

A lot of games and voiceover projects, they're not giving the actor a lot of context. The actor, no matter how good they are,…

— Matthew Mercer

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

— Joe Morton

What a good actor brings to a script is something, sometimes, even directors can't imagine. The director should always have the last say though.

— Zoya Akhtar

I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is made to…

— Lee Hall

The audience basically likes complex characters, and bringing out the complexities is the actor's job. The audience doesn't have the script, the actor does.

— Neeraj Kabi

Actors are like writers. They kind of use what's available, absorb it and make it their own.

— Amanda Bearse

The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true.

— Ian Mckellen

No actor wants to play someone else's performance.

— Kate Winslet

Actors want to be told what to do - they really do. But they also want to have an input and be recognized for…

— Stuart Townsend