Actors Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is made to…

— Lee Hall

There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the…

— David Schwimmer

I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.

— Zach Braff

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

— David Mamet

When I write a play, my whole intent at bottom is to get the audience to be in the cast, to get that audience…

— Jules Feiffer

This is something particular to actors, especially in plays, and in films, too - but in plays, it's like, don't get involved with anyone…

— Tom Courtenay

No actor wants to play someone else's performance.

— Kate Winslet

The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by…

— Alla Nazimova

Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in the edit,…

— Idris Elba

An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie.

— Christopher Walken

The audiences don't connect with the role if you haven't given in your best.

— Hiten Tejwani

the audience is the controlling factor in the actor's life. It is practically infallible, since there is no appeal from its verdict. It is…

— Agnes Repplier