Mouth Quote by Yorgos Lanthimos

When you see something that is well-written, the actors can get behind it.

— Julia Barr

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

— Marlon Brando

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

Actors are magical people. They can take words you wrote and say them in a way that, although you thought the line was good…

— Kenya Barris

A lot of writers, because they don't understand actors, feel like, in order to be better at their performance, they have to change the…

— Giovanni Ribisi

It's a challenge, writing about actors, especially a good actor, because you can't always tell when they're being honest and when they're pretending -…

— Rich Cohen

I think the writing and the casting and all of that has so much to do with actors becoming their characters. I think if…

— Scott Michael Foster

I think as an actor you can feel when something's right and when something's resonating. I don't think that there's necessarily a right and…

— Sadie Calvano

One of the things that writers worry about is finding a voice. I don't think it's a thing that you find so much as…

— Ayana Mathis

Some actors just won't bend, and then it's a bitch. You either fight or find ways of putting your words in their mouth and…

— Richard Donner

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

Good actors never use the script unless it's amazing writing. All the good actors I've worked with, they all say whatever they want to…

— Jessica Alba