Writing a screenplay, for me, is like juggling. It's like, how many balls can you get in the air at once? All… — James Cameron 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Writing a screenplay, I'm like, "All I'm responsible for is that final script, and I take great effort and pride in that."… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
If I know what my finale is when I'm writing a screenplay, then I don't always have to chart out every scene… — David Twohy Copy Share Image
The problem with the screenplay is that it's not literature, and it's not a film. It's a very weird, technical kind of… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
“I'm working on a screenplay, one where God appears with a bag of golf clubs in the apartment of a successful New… — Scott Carrier Copy Share Image
This is not a screenplay. I don't do twenty drafts. I'm not going to show this to you until it's published or… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
I always find the first thing that really bothers me when I start a screenplay is, I have to find a different… — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Copy Share Image
It's really hard to write a screenplay, it's nauseating. All those great writers that tried to write screenplays, they couldn't do it,… — Hampton Fancher Copy Share Image
What I learned is that I should probably read a screenplay every once in a while before I said 'yes'. You could… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
When there wasn't a lot of work, I wrote a screenplay, 'What Lies Beneath,' which got noticed and got me more acting… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
When I was doing the screenplay, people who read the book Call Me by Your Name would go, "Oh god, what are… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
When I wrote the screenplay for 'Sleepwalk with Me,' I was imagining that another person would direct it. So I was using… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I want to work with Will Ferrell. I want to do, like, an action-comedy with him. How do I get the project… — Jason Statham Copy Share Image
Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's… — Griffin Dunne Copy Share Image
Right when I moved to L.A., I started writing. I wrote some screenplay. I'm sure it's terrible. But I wrote a screenplay… — Dan Schneider Copy Share Image
Whether it's writing a monologue or writing standup or writing a screenplay or writing a play, I think staying involved in the… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
The time came where I was able to write an original screenplay [Allied], and it would be read and noticed. I had… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
![“The time came where I was able to write an original screenplay [Allied], and it would be read and noticed. I had a meeting with Brad [Pitt], just around the time that he was making World War Z. I basically told him the story and said, "This is what I want to do," and he really responded, so that…” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/steven-knight-2205_able_the-time-came-where-i-was-able-to-write_1110760.jpg)
