It wasn't exactly a cattle call. I had an agent, and they were seeing people for the parts, so my agent said,… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
Obviously the highest pressure scene, I guess it might've been a tie - what was the bigger death, Tyrion with Shae, Tyrion… — Alex Graves Copy Share Image
If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
I would say I was challenging the system quite. But I like to think that if the choices I make are slightly… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
There was a certain moment. I was about 61 - two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I don't think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones… — Jonny Lee Miller Copy Share Image
The thing I always guard against when I'm talking to people I'm working with about a script is that there's a thing… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
There are certain things that I will do viscerally to affect people emotionally, with speed changes and sound, and various other things.… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time.… — Blair Underwood Copy Share Image
When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Usually, you get a script and you have the whole story. All the acts are there, for a play. You know what… — Jessica Lange Copy Share Image
When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share Image
Basically, if you could get a good trailer out of the script, Roger had no objection to you making a really good… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I want to keep working. I want to step away from young adult fiction. I want to do theater periodically - Farragut… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
It seems to me, that this, too, is how memory works. What we remember of what was done to us shapes our… — Rebecca Walker Copy Share Image
I've written so many things over the years that I don't want to go back to being just a scriptwriter. I'm in… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
When I direct my own scripts, it's much easier as it's been in my head for a year already... What I love… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
The reason for his seven-year hiatus in direction: My son Aditya made Mohabbatein (2000), which took a lot of time and energy.… — Yash Chopra Copy Share Image
I told my friend - we were working on a movie together - and he gave me a script and asked me… — Karla Souza Copy Share Image
Back then, it was more or less we couldn't change a line in our script. We weren't allowed to change lines. Today,… — Donna Douglas Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
That's the thing about prep, is that it's a joy to have it there and you can spend all this time prepping,… — Jenna Coleman Copy Share Image
When Tim asked me to do Frankenweenie, he had his original sketches from before he did the short, of what Sparky looked… — John August Copy Share Image
I started out as an actor, but I forced myself to be a writer, even though I wasn't very good at it… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
The technology certainly changes. I think, in terms of making films, that's been the biggest change. But many things stay the same.… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I love reading different scripts and helping create different looks, different environments. Sometimes you go to meet a director over a particular… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
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I was a little hippie on a world backpacking adventure, and suddenly I became a vampire princess. I still find it hard… — Lucy Fry Copy Share Image
When the first emperor wanted to unify the country, one of the major policies was to create one system of written signs.… — Ha Jin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Script is not finished until it's finished. There's many times, partway through a film, when an idea comes, and I say, "How… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
The actors come in and they make characters their own and so Patrick and I have never been the kind to think… — Todd Farmer Copy Share Image
As a writer myself, my job has very often been to also write on the job. So you get the script and… — Sally Phillips Copy Share Image
About 200 girls went into a room and there were two casting agents and they asked you to say your name and… — Evanna Lynch Copy Share Image
You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
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