Craft Quotes

“The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.”

“I like to play people who are not me. I like to get outside of myself. I like to be a character.”

“I always tried to bring a sense of reality to whatever character I was playing.”

“This is what I think has to be created in a short story. A world seen in a quick flash, as if through a camera lens.”

“I think it's necessary to be slightly obsessive to be a good actor.”

“I am not a Star. I am an actor.”

“I have a great deal of respect for the craft of journalism.”

“To be a good screenwriter a man must be a good dramatist, and there are not many of those.”

“The best way to write for the screen is to write for it directly.”

“There is no man who, having practiced any art, has not a desire to become the master of it.”

“I am a mechanic who paints.”

“For me, it's about the character, not the lines.”

“You want to create a world that feels real to the reader, and that means paying attention to the small details.”

“The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not you.”

“Dialogue is the easiest thing to write, but it's the hardest thing to get right.”

“Poetry must be at least as well written as prose.”

“I am trying to conceal art with art itself.”

“I'm not interested in being a star. I'm interested in being a good actress.”

“I'm not a writer with a mission. I just want to write well.”

“You have to build a character, a guy that people will root for. They have to find a reason to root for him.”