Good actors never use the script unless it's amazing writing. All the good actors I've worked with, they all say whatever they… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
I don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not. When I read a… — Jessica Walter Copy Share Image
You know when a script is good but you don't have any knowledge how visually it is going to look. When this… — Sarah Lancashire Copy Share Image
I didnt write Snow White for any class, but I got bitten by the screenwriting bug and wrote a couple of scripts… — Evan Daugherty Copy Share Image
The greatest gift that an actor can have is good scripts because then you're relieved of the responsibility of trying to elevate… — Holt McCallany Copy Share Image
I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I always let my husband read the script so he knows what's about to happen to his wife. When I played Cheryl… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
With any mannerisms or dialogue, you have to be careful you're not just serving yourself. What happens with improving is a lot… — Ray Liotta Copy Share Image
Nira Park, who is my longtime producer and friend - I've know her since we did Spaced, the TV show - she… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
I have a shoebox: for ideas, fragments, snatches of conversation I hear. I scrawl it down, throw the scraps in the box.… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
I've been a film geek since I was a little kid and to start with an idea and then get a stack… — Thomas Tull Copy Share Image
What is the right time [to discuss theology]? Whenever we are free from the mire and noise without, and our commanding faculty… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
That mental grind is the same, and this show has to be approached with the same mentality. Rest is paramount. Taking care… — Eddie George Copy Share Image
On 'Lab Rats,' I read the script probably three or four times before we ever even do a table read because I… — Billy Unger Copy Share Image
I've got a big closet of scripts, and a big stack of scripts on the side of my desk, because you get… — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
Usually the script is much more funny than the film turns out to be, in my case. The script is almost like… — Dagur Kari Copy Share Image
The script is the musical score, and everyone has to play off that score. Even I have to interpret it. The producers… — Rebecca Miller Copy Share Image
I can picture certain things in my mind, while writing the script, but then I can also tell that everyone else might… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
There would always be scripts that came along that I turned down, like Gang Member #5 - roles that were just stereotypes. — Winston Duke Copy Share Image
Many times, I like to read the script before I even know who they want me to play, so I can read… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
I notice that a little bit at The Office, with, like, an actor: If I decided there'd be a certain way in… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
High-level actors can be all about their close-ups and the size of their trailers. I'd heard these horror stories of how a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I turned down the first script offered to me, and the second. I lay on my back one day under an umbrella,… — Conrad Veidt Copy Share Image
You hit the wall almost right when you get up to the top. If there's a female writer being suggested to do… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share Image
Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
I have pictures from work that I'm sending to my family. I send them scripts that I'm working on so they can… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
Shamanic healing is a journey. It involves stepping out of our habitual roles, our conventional scripts, and improvising a dancing path. — Gabrielle Roth Copy Share Image
I was very keen to work on the script with Scott Derrickson and [C. Robert] Cargill, and working out the important story… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I would say 80% of the scripts I get are dramas and not comedies or romantic comedies, which is funny because that's… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
With acting I am being led by the script, other actors, the director, etc. But with songwriting I feel it is much… — Helen Slater Copy Share Image
For me, my rule in this industry is I've got to listen to my butterflies. So if I got butterflies, then those… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
Being on TV sucks. It's a lot of work. You memorize scripts and then you show up and they change everything. I'm… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
I'm going to go away on vacation, I'm going to try to get away from the phone, away from scripts. I think… — Parker Stevenson Copy Share Image
My scripts are possibly too talkative. Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, 'Oh, for God's sake, shut… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Every joke is an experiment. When you sit, alone, and write a script, or just a joke, you really have no idea… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drake' raised my profile… — Imelda Staunton Copy Share Image
Lots of things are hard work, but I think writing, for me, after I started acting at 13 years old. I like… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
![“You know when a script is good but you don't have any knowledge how visually it is going to look. When this [Happy Valley] came out and I saw the first episode and thought it was terrific.” quote by Sarah Lancashire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eb1/sarah-lancashire-5243_episodes_you-know-when-a-script-is-good-but-you-d_2224958.jpg)
![“What is the right time [to discuss theology]? Whenever we are free from the mire and noise without, and our commanding faculty is not confused by illusory, wandering images, leading us, as it were, to mix fine script with ugly scrawling, or sweet-smelling scent with slime. We need actually 'to be…” quote by Gregory of Nazianzus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ec5/gregory-of-nazianzus-12417_christian_what-is-the-right-time-to-discuss-theolo_3158715.jpg)
![“You hit the wall almost right when you get up to the top. If there's a female writer being suggested to do a rewrite on a script, it's always the big boys going, "Mm, let's go with [a man]..."” quote by Jennifer Aniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/020/jennifer-aniston-1109_bigs_you-hit-the-wall-almost-right-when-you-g_2058190.jpg)
![“I was very keen to work on the script with Scott Derrickson and [C. Robert] Cargill, and working out the important story beats, changing lines, upping the comedy, changing the pace, all of that was great fun.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad8/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_beats_i-was-very-keen-to-work-on-the-script-wi_1181263.jpg)
