Actor Quote by Sam Esmail

The writer creates the role on the page and then the actor takes it and makes it their own.

— Joanna Kerns

All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character out of…

— Joe Johnston

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

— Joe Morton

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

— Nick Nolte

Actors want to be told what to do - they really do. But they also want to have an input and be recognized for…

— Stuart Townsend

It's not the actor's job to be interesting; that's the script's job. It's our job to be truthful and brave.

— Mia Goth

I think the actor has two responsibilities. One is to be visually compelling, and the other to recite the lines as written by the…

— Adrian Pasdar

Actors are such wonderful creatures and such wonderful instruments. It's always different on the page, or in my head. I hear it differently. I…

— Kelly Masterson

Actors don't request what scenes to be written in. That's just not how it works.

— Nicholas Gonzalez

I like to give the actors freedom to take what we have on the page and improve on it. And they do that quite…

— Denis Leary

The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to…

— Stella Adler

The audience basically likes complex characters, and bringing out the complexities is the actor's job. The audience doesn't have the script, the actor does.

— Neeraj Kabi