Luckily the script [of X-files episode] was written wonderfully and that became who I was and I was quirky, and I was… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
It fills me with dismay sometimes when you look at the scripts that do come to you that are primarily focused on… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
At Christmas, individuals are apportioned their roles in the family script - you're either the funny one or the sensitive one; or… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
It took seven years from the time I wrote Mad Men until it finally got on the screen. I lived every day… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
I have a pile of scripts at home that I love. Some of them are hard to get made. We have to… — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
Strangely, I always have a lot of cut scenes. I keep writing shorter and shorter scripts, thinking that this time, I'll get… — David Twohy Copy Share Image
I hate it when, by page 30, I know what the lead's going to do and then what the bad guy's gonna… — Don Cheadle Copy Share Image
I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script… — Barbara Hershey Copy Share Image
I would say it was the directors. We have to give credit to the directors for this, because in the script, we… — Cinco Paul Copy Share Image
I figured I’d probably write 50 scripts in my life. Out of those 50, I figured maybe five would be produced, and… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
I used to do films for money earlier. I never knew what perception meant. I didn't give too much attention to scripts.… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
I was one of the first to read the 'ER' script and the good news is George Clooney still gives me credit… — Leslie Moonves Copy Share Image
There may have been great scripts, and perfect actors to fill the roles, but those pilot projects could be stopped at an… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
There's something in the Zeitgeist now. A lot of [film] scripts I get have these very dark themes, a cornucopia of dysfunction.… — Christine Vachon Copy Share Image
In 1998, the acting roles suddenly bottomed out. I was no longer getting scripts; even my agent stopped calling. When I finally… — Christine Ebersole Copy Share Image
They're naughty, all those writers - they mess around with people. I know James Gandolfini got a bit fed up on 'The… — Kelly Macdonald Copy Share Image
Sometimes with these things all the pieces fall into place. I mean, we've been talking about this for years and we don't… — Joseph Kosinski Copy Share Image
I write my scripts short and they develop on the set, which I have found a far better premise both economically and… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director… — Amy Smart Copy Share Image
Fun, that's the word I keep on using. That's the word I worry about when other writer's scripts get too dark. Optimistic.… — Russell T Davies Copy Share Image
I didn't read the script [ Rules Don't Apply ] for a couple years. It basically amounted to this kind of apprenticeship… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
When you finish writing the scripts they have time to take a breath and think about everything. There's just a little more… — Alex Graves Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
Sometimes, something seems dead, and then out of the blue, someone just figures out the way to fix a script and it… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Finding a good script is really difficult and the scariest thing of all is when they say about a script that's not… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
When you do a rewrite, it's really about serving the director's vision, and what the director needs to go into that script. — Kelly Marcel Copy Share Image
I'd trapped myself in a script… But to be scripted at all is to be prepackaged, programmed, pinned to a page. Only… — David James Duncan Copy Share Image
There's a bookstore in New York where you could buy scripts, and I got addicted to them because they were easy, quick… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
I've always just shown up to set and said the lines, [but] I want to help develop scripts and help cast and… — Aya Cash Copy Share Image
I am not a fan of improvisation, because it bores me. Working off a tight scenario gives you the confidence and ability… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
It's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that… — Amanda Bynes Copy Share Image
Normally when I'm sent a script I'll read it through to see how it hangs as a story and then I'll go… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton is a dead fish when it comes to being entertaining and alive. Without a prompter and a written script, she's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
One of the fascinating things about early writing on slates, on papyrus, even on early handwritten books, is for instance, there were… — Nicholas G. Carr Copy Share Image
When you're developing a story, for me anyway, it's all so important to get the script right, especially when you're telling the… — Graham King Copy Share Image
Sometimes I dream that I'm working; that's awful. When you awaken after a big, surprising dream, you feel it's very interesting. When… — Michel Ocelot Copy Share Image
What I look for is identifying what the utility of a character is to the telling of the story overall. If I… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original.… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
What I mostly do is take the script, analyse the hell out of it, see what's in there, see what kind of… — John Mahoney Copy Share Image
I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image