Script Quotes · Page 11

At the same time, reading an action script... It makes me wonder. Was The Matrix a good script? I don't know.

— Shane West

I've never seen or heard of a mob sitting down to read a film script.

— Deepa Mehta

Fortunately, I'm in a position where I'm reading lots of feature scripts and so forth.

— David Nutter

A screenwriter is much like being a fire hydrant with a bunch of dogs lined up around it.

— Frank Miller

I find that with every script I get, I go, 'Who knew this? This is so cool!'

— Eric McCormack

I never work from the script. I get the script more or less.

— Pawel Pawlikowski

A good script and a good brief from the director is enough to let me know what is expected of me.

— Sanjay Dutt

I find reading screenplays difficult, as they're only a roadmap for what a movie might end up being.

— Daniel Handler

Unfortunately scripts don't chase me. I chase them. I struggle, battle, discard, pick it back, struggle further, plead with it, curse it,…

— Mani Ratnam

They have become part of us in that if we get dressed up as them, we don't actually have to have a…

— Jennifer Saunders

Making a movie like 'Felony' is hard work because you're really putting your own ideas on the screen. You can't hide behind…

— Joel Edgerton

It wasn't the greatest script in the world, but not many people can say they've played a wicked king in a swashbuckling…

— David Thewlis

In 'W,' I did not change a word in the script. I have never spoken this much in other series. I just…

— Lee Jong-suk

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting.…

— Robert Rodriguez

. . . usually, the biggest problems of adapting plays into screenplays is that they stick too close to the play, and…

— Arthur Miller

I never read a book if I'm auditioning for a film based on it. I like to stick to the script only…

— Sophie Nelisse

Even when I'm reading a script where I'm supposed to be looking at the lead role, I'll find myself gravitating toward some…

— Melanie Lynskey

Once you are shooting a movie, even if it's your own script, you have to let it go at a certain point.…

— Todd Haynes

My criteria for doing theater has always been slightly different than my criteria with movies, in that there are a lot of…

— Stephen Lang

I've worked on all sorts of things, like the sci-fi stuff for Vin Diesel, where the script is numbered and is in…

— Colm Feore

Frankly, as much as I love to improvise, it hasn't been difficult to stick to the script on 'Mad Men.' The writing…

— Rich Sommer

Of course you want to be good and you want to do the best you can, but I am inspired by great…

— Sally Hawkins

I read 'The Hobbit' while at school. It was OK; can't really remember too much from there, other than the fact I…

— Mark Hadlow

I love all the voiceovers I do. I can't remember them all, but I seem to do them all of the time.…

— Stan Lee

But if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldn't do it without…

— Mel Tillis

Life is not a movie.Forget about the script and live it the way you want to be..

— Jershe_Phiryl

If I ever wrote a script myself, it would be strongly emotional material.

— Jim Parsons

I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.

— Emma Thompson

Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to…

— Cameron Diaz

No one ever gets to write their ending, write their final script.

— Greg Olsen

I'm looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director.

— Tahar Rahim

I don't like reading scripts because I'm everywhere, and I have such a short attention span.

— Amanda Bynes

You can't make a good movie with a bad script, no matter who's involved.

— Dave Franco

“We should all live as though someone is writing a book about us.”

— J.R. Rim

Every script always goes through rewrites so that everyone loves it.

— Michael Pena

You can't get a movie made without a script; it's the blueprint to your building.

— Bruce Campbell

Not every script that rolls in is ready to shoot. Few are, actually. So you go back and work on the thing.

— Kathleen Kennedy

I discuss my scripts and things I'm unsure of before I take any decision.

— Athiya Shetty

What a director should be doing is making it appear as though there was no script.

— John Hughes

“Take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself.”

— Amit Kalantri