Scripts Quotes · Page 11

Picking projects, it's always director first and then script. Those two things are pretty much head-to-head.

— Cameron Diaz

I like it when actors depart from the script to find their characters.

— Fatih Ak?n

I was concerned about doing a sequel and repeating myself. That was before I read the script.

— JoBeth Williams

The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts... I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.

— Kellie Martin

Good scripts that are offered to me are few and far between, so I pick the best that I get.

— Neha Dhupia

The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything.

— Ewan McGregor

The scripts that I've been getting are of epic proportion. People want me to lead the big armies.

— John Boyega

I want to see some scripts written by women and projects being directed by women.

— Eleanor Tomlinson

There is no such thing as a good script, onlya good film, and I'm conscious that my scripts often read better than…

— Alan Bennett

When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It…

— Lance Henriksen

I got sent the script [ Before I Go To Sleep] as usually happens and you have a little look. I know…

— Mark Strong

Usually when you start the characters, the first thing is the script. Your design work is about telling the story. It's later…

— Alexandra Byrne

The script is your map of the world, isn't it? And if someone knows that if it's well-written, you get all of…

— Gary Oldman

I am sent too many mainstream scripts in which the older woman is really quite grotesque. Sometimes you read a script and…

— Sigourney Weaver

I've been involved with great scripts and so-so leadership, and it's clear to me that leadership is the most compelling factor.

— Andre Braugher

The truth of the matter is this - I never look for films specifically, because ultimately if the fundamentals of the character…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I love reading different scripts and helping create different looks, different environments. Sometimes you go to meet a director over a particular…

— Roger Deakins

Everyone is trying to do something that hasn't been done and that's a really good thing. You can only do so much…

— Dennis Muren

Directing is a reactionary job more than a creation job. The job is to react whether it's moment one, the first time…

— Jason Reitman

Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation…

— Akira Kurosawa

Most aspiring screenwriters simply don't spend enough time choosing their concept. It's by far the most common mistake I see in spec…

— Terry Rossio

I had written the script for Juno and apparently Steven Spielberg had read it. I can't just call him Steven, that's weird...…

— Diablo Cody

When the first emperor wanted to unify the country, one of the major policies was to create one system of written signs.…

— Ha Jin

I was sent this thing called 10 Things I Hate About You, which I thought was really sweet and female-centric and kind…

— David Krumholtz

It's very, very rare in this business [moviemaking] where a script lands on your lap ready to go.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

The beauty with U.K. productions is that, most of the time, you get all of the scripts when you audition for them.

— Wunmi Mosaku

When you start a script you aim to hit a note you know you want to end in general.

— Alex Kurtzman

I read the script of [Woman Under the Influence ] 50 times. And I thought about it. And then I did it.

— Gena Rowlands

You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.

— Oprah Winfrey

My music doesn't exist in a vacuum; there's a script and there's an actor and it's about to come together.

— Ayshay

I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.

— Sam Shepard

As hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur.

— Carlton Cuse

And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to conversations my husband and I have.

— Patricia Heaton

It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.

— Viggo Mortensen

I think the part I enjoy most is reading the scripts and screening films because I'm a bookworm and a movie buff.

— Rebecca Eaton

Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job.

— Dermot Mulroney

Most scripts that get written in Hollywood don't go anywhere.

— Evan Daugherty

I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.

— Rachael Harris

I'd never read a piece of television where it's an hour script and it's perfect.

— James Purefoy

I could cover the gamut. It's cool though you go in for an hour, read the script, leave and you got a…

— Mic Geronimo