I am Quote by Ivo Graham

I don't mind doing scripted material. It's actually kind of a relief, because improvising is a little bit like screenwriting on your feet.

— John C. Reilly

Like most writers I know, I love being on stage. I’ve sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh.

— Francine du Plessix Gray

I do come from a theater background, where the playwright is optimal and king and you have to serve the playwright. So I am,…

— Skylar Astin

I would like to do a lot more of it, I feel comfortable with it and basically it's all in the writing. I'm not…

— Ray Liotta

I enjoy working with writers and their scripts. It's very exciting to me. Eventually I would like to produce, direct and act onstage, but…

— Tom Cruise

I was trained in storytelling by Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, and Larry Hama. Doesn't make me a genius, and there really isn't anything fancy…

— Christopher Priest

Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to…

— Brian Greene

Everything I do on stage, I made up in saloons. I started doing it in front of people, and that became my performance. I…

— Don Rickles

Even writing a script which will be funny is not easy. To make the script come to life and make the audience laugh, I…

— Kirti Kulhari

I start casting early in the writing process, so I can tailor the script to the gifts of the actors.

— Judd Apatow

I'm always trying out new stuff onstage. That's where I do all my writing.

— Patton Oswalt

Writing is like acting on stage because when you write you have to make sure that your readers or audiences will really be entertained…

— Christine Mae Sajo Gallego