Craft Quotes

“You learn to write by writing. You learn to be a writer by writing.”

“There is no such thing as a 'type' of actor. You are either an actor or you are not.”

“I believe in the discipline of mastering the craft. You can have all the genius you want, but if you don't have the discipline, you've got nothing.”

“When you're a comedian, you're always looking for that laugh. You're always looking for that next joke.”

“To be a novelist, you have to have a certain kind of patience. To be a playwright, you have to have a certain kind of impatience.”

“Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you have omitted every word that you yourself can omit.”

“I think humor is a very serious business.”

“I'm not a personality actor. I'm a character actor.”

“The best acting is instinctive. It's not intellectual, it's not mechanical, it's instinctive.”

“Dialogue has to serve character and plot simultaneously.”

“The thing that makes a great actor is a great role.”

“If you're a good actor, you're a character actor.”

“The details, in a work of fiction, are what count.”

“I'm not a Method actor. I'm a Method-and-a-half.”

“Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.”

“My approach to acting is that I am a craftsman. I am a journeyman.”

“I think that journalism is a craft, and it's a craft that requires a great deal of humility.”

“If you're a character actor, you're always looking for a new way to play something.”

“My job is to bring the words to life in a three-dimensional character.”

“When you play a character that's as established as this one is, for this long, you have to be conscious of not becoming a caricature.”