I think the writing skills of actors are sometimes underestimated.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes the writing can be so good that the actor doesn't really have to do anything.
I really think that as good of a job as you do as a writer, you're absolutely indebted to the actors that have to deliver that material.
I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize.
Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer's room.
My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best of writing. There's a whole range of acting skills, and some people can be astonishing with very poor material. That's not me; my skill is essentially unlocking the writing.
It's well known that actors are lousy writers.
Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.
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.
People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.