Actors Quote by Summer Glau

My theory is that everything an actor does, from the way he looks at his watch to the way he moves across the stage,…

— Bernard Sahlins

Writing is fantasizing about what your film will be like. Shooting is reality. And the post-production is recovering the idea you had.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Writing is a black-box proposition. You see actors; you can see what they're doing. You can watch the director on set doing his work.…

— Shane Black

I always say writing is like dreaming, shooting is like living, and editing is like murder, because you take all these gifts that actors…

— Derek Cianfrance

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

I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting.

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does.

— Helen Mirren

Well, you're in a theater and it's 24 shots a second, your face, your body, your voice, and it's your craft, the way you…

— William Mapother

A writer can write in an attic, or on top of a bus. Or with a sharp stick in some wet cement. To act,…

— Paul Muni

Once I start shooting I forget the scriptwriter in me. I like things flowing. If you have talented actors who bring their own ideas,…

— Fatih Ak?n

With directing, you have to wake up early, which stinks, but you get to hang out with the crew, you're laughing, you're active, and…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

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