Jason Robert Brown Quotes

Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.

You have to have wonderful actors for material, particularly difficult material that requires complicated performances.

To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.

The greatest gift that an actor can have is good scripts because then you're relieved of the responsibility of trying to elevate the material.

Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.

As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres.

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.

As an actor, you're always looking for, what do I get to do? It's not just what do I say, but what do I do, too.

I'm a huge fan of actors, and I love when people find moments and a scene works. There's nothing more that I love than to go over to another actor and say, 'Yeah! You just rocked that one, baby!'

I play characters, and I try to play them in a manner that's appropriate to the script. Physical movement and vitality of language is part of character.

When you're on set with an actor like Derek Jacobi, it's not hard to tell the truth when you're looking in his eyes, and he's so open and creative and ready to play.

There's nothing more thrilling than watching great actors say things that you wrote and bring them to life.

I'm just first of all looking for a part that's well written and speaks to me.

You can say your lines a million different ways and play your character a million different ways and still hit the common, agreed-upon finish line.

There's a rhythm and a cadence in a scene, and when an actor understands without any real direction from you, then that's a very valuable gift. And some people get it, and some people don't.

When you write a script, you hope that people will give it life beyond the script.

I'm an actor, and it is not for me but for the writer to offer the best role to me. For me, essaying that role to the best of my ability is more important.

I wrote 'Aadukalam' keeping Dhanush in mind. As an actor, he delivers exactly what I need and sometimes more.

Don't write stage directions. If it is not apparent what the character is trying to accomplish by saying the line, tell us how the character said it or whether or not she moved to the couch isn't going to aid the case.

My job is to tell a story, and the decisions about the casting have to be honest.

Quite often in acting, you have to play a certain part; you cannot speak as much as you want to speak.

I always try to make each character my own.

I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely love input from my directors and my writers.

Once we got the scene down, we were told to improv.