Screenplay Quotes

I wanted to direct long before I'd even written a screenplay.

— Peter Hedges

Roles don't fascinate me. It is the narrative, the screenplay that is fascinating.

— Fahadh Faasil

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

— Richard Attenborough

Language is never a problem when you have the screenplay ready.

— Prabhu Deva

There is no screenplay-writing recipe that guarantees your cake will rise.

— Robert McKee

“CUT! ... Cut... ... FUCKING CUT IT! … Where is the fucking screenplay?”

— Deyth Banger

The success of a film depends on the screenplay, and nothing else.

— P. Vasu

'Basha' is the best screenplay in my career.

— Rajinikanth

Never take no for an answer. It took me 20 years between the time I wrote my first screenplay and the time…

— Julie Delpy

I don't write [screenplay character] biographies beforehand. I usually go in knowing some sequences: this is where I want to start, this…

— John Sayles

To my knowledge, I don't believe I've taken a role that I didn't feel I could do when I read the screenplay.

— Paul Walter Hauser

I am not interested in doing a film on the basis of a good story. I want a proper screenplay.

— Aishwarya Rajesh

The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.

— Robert Schwentke

“Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud.”

— Shannon L. Alder

A screenplay is really a blueprint for something that will be filmed. Therefore you must always keep in mind that whatever you…

— D. J. MacHale

I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch.

— Diablo Cody

I don't think I write differently when I'm writing a screenplay, as opposed to a stage play or a teleplay. Maybe if…

— Aaron Sorkin

I loved the tone and the characters. They're all very different and they're all very typical for their time. When you read…

— Lone Scherfig

I think when you're writing prose there's a lot of attendant description and that's were I used to really go bananas. With…

— Diablo Cody

When I write a novel, I want it to be completely different from a screenplay. I'm very conscious of the difference, and…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

All my films I have shot in chronological order - always. And the reason is that there's a moment that the screenplay…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I found, after the experience of making 'Shaun Of The Dead' and then returning to the blank page - because 'Shaun Of…

— Edgar Wright

In order to avoid sentimentality and to be able to write the screenplay with the kind of humor and irony necessary to…

— Hirokazu Koreeda

A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of…

— David Nicholls

“Norman Bates: ... No one really runs away from anything. It's like a private trap that holds us in like a prison.…

— Joseph Stephano

It really depends on what the screenplay is asking of you, and what your responsibility is to that character. You have the…

— Johnny Depp

I love writing. When I finish a script, it's a joy to sit down and go all the way through it. It's…

— John Hughes

“What” and “if” are two words as non-threatening as words can be, but put them together side by side and they have…

— Carrie Green

“I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called…

— William Monahan

The graphic novel? I love comics and so, yes. I don't think we talked about that. We weren't influenced necessarily by graphic…

— Todd Farmer

In terms of it being a first screenplay, literally, my hat is off to him [Wally Pfister]. I didn't see any virgin…

— Johnny Depp

Damian adores being photographed, in fact he likes anything to do with show business. Hes written his first screenplay called Escape! and…

— Elizabeth Hurley

“The funny thing about my procrastination was that I was almost done with the screenplay. I was like a person who had…

— Miranda July

“Watch movies. Read screenplays. Let them be your guide. […] Yes, McKee has been able to break down how the popular screenplay…

— Brian Koppelman

“KAUFMAN Sir, what if a writer is attempting to create a story where nothing much happens, where people don't change, they don't…

— Charlie Kaufman

“Captain Harvile: Poor Phoebe, she would not have forgotten him so soon. It was not in her nature. Anne Elliot: It would…

— Jane Austen

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

— Rita Mae Brown

The secret to writing a screenplay is keeping your ass in the chair.

— Oliver Stone

It is very challenging to make a fresh screenplay based on a used plot.

— Priyadarshan

Its much like writing a screenplay with someone else and thats how we view it, I think.

— Christopher Darden