Alike Quote by Roger Rees

I think a successful adaptation rises or falls on the work presented. If people need to read the book to understand the play, I…

— Jeff Britting

The most important thing you can teach actors is to understand plays.

— Stella Adler

The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time.…

— Linda Lavin

Once you actually book the role, you see that people have faith in your ability to portray the character.

— Ray Fisher

Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character.

— John Larroquette

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

— Nick Nolte

It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.

— David Mamet

It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of…

— David Mamet

The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on…

— Constantin Stanislavski

The other thing - and writers can say whatever they want - is casting. You need to find a person who can inhabit that…

— Matthew Weiner

When you see something that is well-written, the actors can get behind it.

— Julia Barr

When you have a book as material as it is, it's a lot easier to create a character because you have so many resources…

— Asa Butterfield