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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
There's more pressure as a writer. As an actor you usually just go, do your job, and go home.
Sometimes the writing can be so good that the actor doesn't really have to do anything.
Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.
I don't like waiting around for work, and sometimes as an actor you're forced into that position, so that's sort of how I got into writing, producing and directing.
I think the writing skills of actors are sometimes underestimated.
Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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.
I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.