Scripts Quotes · Page 44

Sometimes reading scripts is terrible.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I try to look at the whole thing and say 'yes' to the projects that I cannot stop thinking about. If I…

— Penelope Cruz

But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read…

— Elizabeth Olsen

In major studio scripts, the girls are very similar. They're all witty and hot. I'm more of an oddball.

— Riley Keough

Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts…

— Dick Van Dyke

A lot of the time, the scripts you get to read are remakes or reboots or sequels or prequels.

— Jared Harris

I feel very blessed in my career to have been able to bounce back and forth between different things, television and film,…

— Geoff Stults

After I script the movie, I have to storyboard it out, I have to budget it, and I have to understand if…

— David Twohy

I just believe in the movie. I don't care what the book was like. I don't care what the previous film was…

— Billy Connolly

I've read some scripts, but I don't read as many books as I should.

— Stephen Dorff

Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.

— Ewan McGregor

All three parts of filmmaking [writing, shooting, editing] contribute to rhytm. You want the script to be a tight as possible, you…

— Alexander Payne

That's the first time I've been involved in such a big way as a voice actor and this script [Voltron] is very…

— Rhys Darby

Almost all movie scripts contain material that cannot be filmed.

— David Mamet

It's great when improv is encouraged. It's a really fun thing. It depends on who's in the movie and how their process…

— Lily Collins

I come in as an actor, having read through the script a few times, made a couple of character-choices, thinking I'm going…

— Jason Graae

It's easier to direct. If you direct something poorly and re-shoot it the next day, stage it better, make it work better,…

— Woody Allen

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

— Evan Daugherty

Stand-up is really personal. It's not like somebody else is writing the script and you have to do what they write.

— Tracy Morgan

It's always once the script's done in the first two years if it doesn't get going somehow or another, I've never had…

— Brian Helgeland

I always write as I like to write, and I've been thinking about it because I honestly didn't realize how different my…

— William Monahan

I usually write very few stage directions. I think a lot of that is a waste of time. The art of screenwriting…

— Scott Frank

I'm not ambitious when it comes to my acting career. I'm not breaking down my agency's doors or sending out headshots. Even…

— Amy Sedaris

I would not have so many scripts being driven by demographics. The play's the thing - not the 18-35 year old male…

— Stephen Tobolowsky

I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of…

— Nick Cave