Kurt Sutter Quotes

I have a suspicion, because if you look at the whole, all the [Star Wars ] movies, the backlog of every one of these movies, there's a lot of great stuff, but one might not be not as good with the writing in this or the acting in that or the directing in that, this has great actors, great directors, great script, and I really feel like we're gonna make the best one [movie with Young Han Solo].

Acting is probably what I'm best at, but there are certain stories kind of rattling around in my head that I like the idea of developing over time.

If there's an opportunity to tell a story through acting or directing or cinematography or a book, I will embrace that opportunity.

I love playing ball. I love being Sizzle. When the time comes for me to just be a full-time dad, a full-time actor, writer, director, producer, I will do all that.

Winning in Berlinale, in Hong Kong, and then to get such an amazing response, reviews, and now to be India's official entry for Oscars... My mother is right up there and keeping a check on me. Her blessings are always going to be with me, I know.

As an actor you can always blame the director or writer for negative feedback. But as a writer, you're the reason why everyone's in the room.

I am more comfortable in the actor's and writer's role than a director's.

There are actors who have never gotten an Oscar and have done amazing work.

No film can do well purely on the basis of dance.

I was a theatre major and started off as a playwright.

I am equally a writer and an actor and a director.

I've always wanted to write, I've always wanted to direct. The conscious decision was always to not be an actor.

I moved out to L.A. to pursue entertainment beyond social media. Because I could have made Vines from Ohio.

'Heirs' is really a good drama. Everyone put out their heart and soul into this series, from the actors to the whole staff. That's why I think we won awards for this drama.

I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confident as I needed to be, so I started directing theater; then I played in some movies, and then I felt the need to do my own stuff.

I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it's all just because I love the visual aspect of it as well.

I think that some of the writing, directing, and the content is better than a lot of movies sometimes. Actors, well artists in general - actors, writers, directors - what we all care about the most is good work and being able to create something that is really resonant and meaningful.

You can say something that can really help and actor and you can say something that can really get in the way of an actor's performance, kind of cut them off from their instincts and really get into their heads. And every actor's different. Every actor requires something different. Being an actor, for me, was the greatest training to be a writer and director.

If I wanted to be in movies, I'd have gone into scriptwriting: the fact that I write novels should be a big hint about what I prefer to do!

I enjoy storytelling. I like to write it, I like to direct it, I like to act in it, I like to produce it. I like to be around storytellers. That's what excites me.

I'm giving up acting. . . . I'm 66 and there are a number of celebrations I've got to get down on paper, and acting doesn't allow me to do that. It was a hell of a drug, performance. It's a great thrill, especially for a storyteller. But it can go. Directing can go. Writing can't go. And in terms of what lies ahead, I want to have a burning focus - almost like smoke coming up from the paper as I write.

I love working with actors. I love visual things. I always intended to be a writer who directs and a director who writes.

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?

Writing is a creative art form and the acting and directing is more of an interpretive art form.

I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like a better writer and director than you really are.