Rajkummar Rao Quotes

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

What I've learned in my career as an actor is that you're only as good as your collaborators. The process is many things, but it is wholly collaborative, particularly with something like 'Westworld,' which is a 10-episode-per-season gig, and we're just now on the 7th episode.

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

I try to create an environment where, when we step onto the set, we're all in character.

Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast.

It's a fascinating job, to come in and be the most interesting person in an episode. Whoever the guest star is, that's the job - to maintain the interest and the focus for that 42 minutes or whatever, and it should be a huge relief to those people that are the leads in the shows.

As soon as you get two actors in a room and they're locking eyes, they're doing a scene.

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.

I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process.

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

I enjoy working with actors so much and having the chance to be surprised by them.

There are many, many, actors with whom I'd like to share a stage or a set.

It is very nice to have good actors with you.

People need to understand that whatever they see us saying on screen, we are not doing it on our own.

Wayne was coming out of a session as Mickey for 'Totally Minnie.' We met in the hallway. We just blended really well.

I've enjoyed lots of productions, and it's always been down to the actors I've been working with.

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.

You need the words, you need the script, you need the material, you need the commitment, you need the passion, it's like we depend on writers, we depend on producers, directors depend on us and once things are in the divine order as they happen.

I don't like improvising on camera, particularly, but very often, a scene will not be working, and you rehearse it once or twice, and you realize something's missing. So I'll play with it until it makes sense.

There's nothing like working with the best actors possible, and if you have a piece of material like, 'Long Way Down' or 'Love Punch,' which allows you to play, then it's just a joy to go to work.

I love working with great actors.

It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.

I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic.

I love actors, and I'm very protective of them. I trust them. It's a mutual trust.

I'm a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.