I can't imagine writing a screenplay where I didn't feel deeply connected at some kind of visceral level to the material. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Most of screenplay writing is deciding which voices you want to listen to and take on board. — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I've always equated the writing process with editing, sort of like when I get through editing the movie, that's like my last… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
The good thing about directing a screenplay that you've written is that you see the film in your head as you're writing… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
In LA, it's the law that you must be engaged in writing a screenplay with your hairdresser, pool boy, personal trainer, life… — Mimi Pond Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Woody Allen. I used to love the fact that he wrote his own screenplay and acted in… — Ralph Lauren Copy Share Image
To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast. — Dito Montiel Copy Share Image
I really hate people that spoil stuff by putting scripts online. I don't mind so much people that do movie spoilers when… — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
If you want me to perform in Silver Lake - where it looks like 'Vice' magazine threw up everywhere, where all the… — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
I wrote my first screenplay on a lark, because it was a storytelling format that felt like a familiar shorthand - we… — Lisa Lutz Copy Share Image
I've always been kind of drawn to the extremities of human nature. I wrote my first screenplay when I was 16. The… — Veena Sud Copy Share Image
If I get lucky and I can choose, I would always choose a really good story and screenplay, even if I don't… — Ayelet Zurer Copy Share Image
Passage of time can be mind-numbing to figure out in a screenplay. It's the easiest thing to do in prose, not just… — Mark Boal Copy Share Image
In 'Expendables 2,' there was a lot of vulgar dialogue in the screenplay. For this reason, many young people wouldn't be able… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading… — Rupert Sanders Copy Share Image
After I sold my screenplay adaptation of 'Rain Fall' to Sony Pictures, I had no more creative involvement, — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
I sold my first screenplay six months before 'Glee,' but they had the option for a year and now it's back with… — Dianna Agron Copy Share Image
The brain needs to have a story; it needs to have a logical screenplay telling where we're coming from and what we're… — Miguel Nicolelis Copy Share Image
To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
I just trust the director and never overanalyse the script, screenplay, etc. You are just taking a bet at the end of… — Ravi Teja Copy Share Image
In a novel, language is your principal tool, you try to build pictures in the mind of the reader. When you write… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
I don't take trouble at all to conform a screenplay to my iconography. I don't say, "We can't do that - the… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that… — Ziad Doueiri Copy Share Image
I have an imagination that will go in any direction it is prodded. I pride myself on being able to become enthusiastic… — David Seltzer Copy Share Image
David Mamet we all know is a great screenplay writer and playwright and a great director. If you like him, you like… — Tom Hardy Copy Share Image
The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
For me, when working on a film or play or television show, everything for me starts with the screenplay and I am… — James Spader Copy Share Image
As human beings, of course, we're all compromised and complex and contradictory and if a screenplay can express those contradictions within a… — Hugo Weaving Copy Share Image
I simply asked if I could have a go at adapting a screenplay. But I did not want any money, in case… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I look at the film without any music or sound. I try to grasp the story from the screenplay. I try to… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Every project that you write about or read about, it goes through years of hard work. We write a screenplay; we design.… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I look for an interesting and often times, fresh character. Something different that what is done all the time or than I've… — William Baldwin Copy Share Image
“The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Reviewers are entitled to say if they liked the screenplay, performance, and execution of a film or not. But when they say… — Rakul Preet Singh Copy Share Image
I wrote the screenplay for 'Water Lilies' while I was studying screenwriting at La Femis film school in Paris, and the director… — Celine Sciamma Copy Share Image
Usually, when special effects get in the way, it's because the story isn't strong enough. If you don't start with a strong… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
“I never thought I was capable of writing a whole book until Ursula K. Le Guin, with whom I worked briefly in… — E.L. Sayers Copy Share Image
'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it,… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
