Actor Quote by Sam Shepard

It feels as though a very disproportionate number of main characters are writers, because that's what the writer knows. Fair enough. But nothing bothers…

— B. J. Novak

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

— Nick Nolte

“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

It's all so confusing and incestuous and curious, the trail that actors wander through in the course of their careers and how stories overlap.…

— Diane Lane

Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.

— Amy Ryan

Most writers write haphazardly. The actor is fighting unjustified words all the time.

— Marlon Brando

I guess it's a bit cliché, but as an actor, I really admire good writing. There are a lot of great ideas out there,…

— Mike Colter

It's down to the actors to show the writers the potential of the character.

— Sarah Lancashire

Each actor is a very different person, and each one has to be directed very differently.

— Pedro Almodovar

As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're…

— Jonah Hill

Actors are like writers. They kind of use what's available, absorb it and make it their own.

— Amanda Bearse

It's so funny because, here in Hollywood, an actor who really is versatile and who has the ability to transform between comedy and drama…

— Rocky Carroll