Actors Quote by Julia Stiles

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

Not write, maybe develop. Direct, sure. As an actor, you work on so many films, you sort of start to see who directs well…

— Scott Eastwood

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

— Amanda Bearse

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

Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.

— Amy Ryan

Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to actually creating…

— Tamzin Merchant

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already…

— Paul Haggis

Being an actor, your focus is just on your craft and how to make it better, but production is a much bigger task -…

— Raveena Tandon

Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does.

— Helen Mirren

What's nice about writing and making films is that being able to see a film from the outside - from the inception through production…

— Peter Vack

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

Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play because stuff…

— Martin Landau