Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.
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I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.
As an actor, you're tied to the writing. You live and die by what's written for you. And you can elevate that to a certain extent, but really, that's your blueprint.
As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.
I think the writing skills of actors are sometimes underestimated.
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.
As actors, sometimes we want our character to go somewhere different than it goes, but that's being an actor.
My theory is that everything an actor does, from the way he looks at his watch to the way he moves across the stage, is in the service of advancing a story, and in that sense, it's all writing. In that sense we, while acting, write.
It's really important to draw the line on what we do as actors.
There's more pressure as a writer. As an actor you usually just go, do your job, and go home.
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.