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Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

An actor's job is about putting across the author's intention; I don't think of myself on the same level as a creator.

Being an actor all of my life is kind of a collaborative, social form of interpretive art. Sitting down with a blank page every day by yourself is a different feeling.

As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It's helpful, as a writer, to think about that.

One of the things you hope you've done as a playwright is create roles that can sustain different interpretations.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.