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I think that's why I'm an actor: so I can tell those stories without having to really live through those stories with real consequences and real stakes, real responsibility.

The only way I can feel comfortable being an actor is if I can find stories that I believe are important to be shared.

That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available.

As an actor, you always want to feel like what you're doing is making a difference to the story.

I care about actors, and I understand them in a very personal way. I'm not saying every writer has to do that, but in my case, it's been helpful. I can put myself into the scene and think, 'What would it be like to act this?' Any writer who's really good probably does that to some extent.

Actors want to act. I think a lot of times what happens is that they're expected to bring it all. Probably because I'm a writer, I'm not telling them what to do. I just provide them with as much as I can.

When actors are the real deal, all that star whatever goes right out the window and you're there to tell a story.

You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.

If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.

Actors sure have stories. We always have stories. At the end of our careers, all we have to take with us is our stories, and we have many of them.