Actor Quote by Mark Duplass

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

There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can…

— Mary Steenburgen

I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on a level…

— Lusia Strus

Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in the edit,…

— Idris Elba

Some actors are better with words than me. I prefer to play it rather than say it - and keep people thinking.

— Travis Fimmel

I always wanted the actors to feel really free to leave the words behind if they weren't working, reword lines, if they felt like…

— Lynn Shelton

If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't going to…

— Meg Cabot

My scripts are possibly too talkative. Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, 'Oh, for God's sake, shut up.'

— Tom Stoppard

Acting's fine if the script's written by Paddy Chayefsky and Martin Scorsese directs it, but unless you have something like that, I don't really…

— Jeff Garlin

Sometimes you read a script, and it's like, 'You'll improv, and this is just a blueprint of what the scene could be,' and that's…

— Paul Rudd

As an actor going into screenwriting, I was able to understand what type of dialogue feels natural. A lot of the time, as an…

— John Francis Daley

It's very rare to get a film script that has good dialogue. A lot of the time, you spend on film sets really fighting…

— Keira Knightley