Katie Chang Quotes

I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing.

If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it.

I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised in awhile.

I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my own material and acted through that. That's my idea of fun. I get to be all these things in the songs.

It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written and you feel compelled to tell, in some ways it's a lot easier than acting because you're orchestrating the piece. As an actor, sometimes you're trying to second-guess what people want.

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

I was never really a writer, I was always more of a performer.

Improv has been immensely beneficial to me as both an actor and a writer.

The interesting thing about doing serial television is that the character is growing separate from you, the character and the show are growing, and you get to observe that and participate with it in a way that I think is actually really exciting for an actor.

Writing is harder than acting. I enjoy acting for just the brevity with which you can be in the experience of doing it. Writing is kind of more satisfying in that you're creating a world and doing something that feels bigger, but it's very time consuming and has a higher threshold for failure.

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

To me, great writing - and when you can really make something wonderful out of it as an actor - is when your character has a sense of self-awareness. It doesn't necessarily have to arc. It doesn't have to grow.

I tell stories, and I do it through writing, through acting, through my stand-up, and through directing. All the hats I wear - producing as well - ultimately, I am a storyteller.

The biggest impact that acting and theater had was, of course, stage presence, but it also had a big impact on my writing.

As filmmakers and as actors, you have to find truth.

Writing has made me a better actor. Acting has made me a better writer. So why wouldn't directing make me a better actor and writer?

I think acting, for me, is about play. It's about time, and it's about feeling, like there's a story to tell and I can tell it through my body and my voice.

Working with a good artiste is always a pleasure. If you get a reaction from your co-star, then you get the space to perform well.

I'm not an actress. I'm a writer.

I feel like acting is a ton of fun. It's the freest and most alive you can be.

Good actors can tell you more about your play than 1,000 hours alone at your desk.

I've always been drawn to storytelling, and acting is the most immersive form of storytelling you can get involved with! You're actually in the story when you're acting.

At the end of the day, you're trying to - be it on theatre or on the camera - tell the truth and be honest in the moment.

I don't want to do sing-and-dance routine. I believe script is the king, so I would go for powerful stories.

From a very young age, my main thing was always entertaining.