Actor Quote by Johnny Lever

Sometimes the writing can be so good that the actor doesn't really have to do anything.

— Nick Nolte

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

— Andy Garcia

Sometime really good writing does you a disservice as an actor. Because you can get lazy. It's doing a lot of the work for…

— Meryl Streep

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

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 think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible.

— Eric Roth

I guess it's a bit cliché, but as an actor, I really admire good writing. There are a lot of great ideas out there,…

— Mike Colter

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

As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're…

— Jonah Hill

For an actor, his job becomes easy, when his character is described well on the paper. With a well-written role, it becomes simpler to…

— Jaideep Ahlawat

The actor's always as good as the stories are. And so many important things, there is the light, there is the costumes, the makeup,…

— Udo Kier

With most good scripts and good shows, they expect the actor to bring some of their ideas to the backstory of the character. It's…

— Mark Consuelos