Start Quote by Stephen Sondheim

I like to write for actors I know and with whom I've worked before. You can write to their strengths and weaknesses and write…

— 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

I start casting early in the writing process, so I can tailor the script to the gifts of the actors.

— Judd Apatow

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

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

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

— William Monahan

You have to fire yourself as the writer when you direct something you've written. You have to fire yourself, or else you get precious…

— Joel Schumacher

As an actor, especially one who's worked in casting, you read so many scripts, and some of them are terrible. They're terrible and they're…

— Erin Maya Darke

One of the difficulties of being a writer must be that you create drama that you can't live out. That's one of the wonderful…

— Anjelica Huston

“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

All I've tried to do as an actor is follow the good writing. That's been my main drive. It's not always possible, so when…

— Cillian Murphy

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

— Katori Hall