Actors Quote by Katori Hall

I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg. I believe in a theater where the director and the playwright work together to create…

— John Guare

My generation of playwrights have grown up writing for studio theatres, and so the task of writing for more than ten or so actors…

— Lee Hall

In theater, the playwright is the boss, period. The decisions will go through him or her. In movies, the writer is pretty far down…

— Tracy Letts

“Writers are like actors too. For every story we create, we must get under the skin of the characters and role play with our…

— Jyoti Arora

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

I'm one of those lazy actors; I like to take what the playwright wrote and work with that.

— Cherry Jones

Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.

— Elmore Leonard

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

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

I enjoy all forms of writing, but playwrighting is what made me what I am. Not only working with the ghosts of Chekhov and…

— John Logan

Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort…

— David Ives

I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most…

— Laura Linney