Sometimes the writing can be so good that the actor doesn't really have to do anything.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great writing, and mediocre actors will make it feel mediocre. Without the actors, you have nothing.
I think the writing skills of actors are sometimes underestimated.
There's more pressure as a writer. As an actor you usually just go, do your job, and go home.
I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.
As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.
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.
Ultimately, as an actor, it comes down to committing to the text in the script.
Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.
To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor.
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.