An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say, 'Here, come and do this,' That's the hard part.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I just don't understand why more actors aren't artists.
I've learned over the years that the best way to develop as an artist is to make things. So I tell young artists it's not enough to be an actor anymore, you have to be a filmmaker/writer/director. There's no excuse for waiting around for a job. You have to be active and make things.
Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.
As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.
I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy.
Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.
The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.
There's more pressure as a writer. As an actor you usually just go, do your job, and go home.
Each role demands the right actor. To play an artist, one must be an artist.
I'm an actor, but I'm an artist.