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Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can paraphrase it and make it better.

I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.

All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character out of the black-and-white text that's there in the script.

Usually when you get a script from actors, you don't have high expectations.

Sometimes the writing can be so good that the actor doesn't really have to do anything.

Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.

I can't wait to do a fully improvised script again, to find people who are really comfortable and into it. It's about the capabilities of the people you're working with, what are their strengths and weaknesses. Some of the most brilliant actors need the spine of the text to work off of, and there's no shame in that; they're actors, not writers.