Actors Quote by Michael Haneke

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

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

You don't write for actors. Actors come for characters you've made up.

— William Monahan

When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his…

— Stephen Sondheim

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

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

It's often wrong to write for specific actors because one ends up using what is least interesting about them, their mannerisms and habits. I…

— Claude Chabrol

My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across.

— Kevin Spacey

I think my experience as an actor helps me to write anything. It certainly helped me to write 'August Osage County.' It helps me…

— Tracy Letts

When I'm writing, I'm writing for a particular actor. When a lot of writers are writing, they're writing an idea. So they're not really…

— Todd Phillips

I'm much more a writer than an actor. Although I have a great respect for that and I enjoy acting still, it really is…

— Jason Gann

I write short stories and I write things here and there. I think as an actor, it's really important to at least attempt to…

— Mike Faist

I started out wanting to be an actor and I like to give actors as much as possible. I love writing stuff where they…

— Elizabeth Meriwether