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There's sort of a very symbiotic thing that happens on good TV shows with great writers, which is that they start to sort of embrace who the actors are and try to make the roles more specific to what they bring and what they can do.

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

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.

I think the writing skills of actors are sometimes underestimated.

TV writing is tricky to navigate because you have so many different personalities - the actors, multiple producers.

I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that.

I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.

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

You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great writing, and mediocre actors will make it feel mediocre. Without the actors, you have nothing.

There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.