When you have another actor as your boss, they understand how to communicate easier sometimes than just a writer.
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A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.
When people give you a writing assignment, they're asking what you think. That's the very opposite of being an actor. When you're an actor, no one wants to hear what you think.
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 writing in a specific voice.
Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.
Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.
TV writing is tricky to navigate because you have so many different personalities - the actors, multiple producers.
As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with.
I'm an actor, not a writer. I'd be pretty annoyed if the writers tried to come in and hang over my shoulder telling me how to act, so I don't go in and tell them how to write.
I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way.
There's more pressure as a writer. As an actor you usually just go, do your job, and go home.