Scripts Quotes · Page 63

When you are shooting with a robot you can't improvise. You can't really... the script is kind of the script.

— Jake Schreier

The script was classic Joe Eszterhas, intelligent, steamy and provocative. At one time, Eszterhas was Hollywood's highest paid writer, illiterate rock and…

— David Shuster

Most of the time when I receive a script, it says something like 'Rosenberg is the fat, slovenly Mayor, who doesn't want…

— Fred Melamed

Because of the way the business is structured, I have sometimes turned down scripts that I might otherwise have accepted had I…

— Jack Nicholson

I'm probably one of the worst actors as far as preparation goes, because I actually don't prepare. I find it easier to…

— Jaimie Alexander

I remember having been with this book [Into the Forest] for a long time, and I remember the moment that she [Patricia…

— Ellen Page

I've been getting a lot of science fiction scripts which contained variations on my 'Star Trek' character and I've been turning them…

— Marina Sirtis

I felt, if I never did anything in my life but read scripts and synopsize them, I would be happy.

— Sherry Lansing

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

My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.

— Lasse Hallstrom

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

When you really want a role and you really want a character, you become quite close to the script and the project,…

— Asa Butterfield

If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough.

— Jihan El-Tahri

I mean, the first 'Back to the Future' is kind of a perfect script, I think, in terms of handling time travel…

— Rian Johnson

I think every script has meaningful messages no matter what it is, because inherently life is full of meaning and every single…

— Shailene Woodley

Years ago I was going to play Chet Baker in another movie and I really felt drawn to that character and the…

— Ethan Hawke

You can't fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to…

— Howard Hawks

I really like the "two is better than three" line. People ask me is this drama or comedy? I just think the…

— Tommy Wiseau

City lights shine bright on my complexion, Self-reflection...red hairs flashing at the intersection. Life is a green light, one star, no script,…

— Action Bronson

If you just read Joseph Campbell, who has written amazing books on mythology and religion, they all do come together at some…

— Mel Gibson

I mean, yeah, Anne Fletcher was a choreographer, but she was born to be a director. You need to have the ability…

— Sandra Bullock

I can't wait to do a fully improvised script again, to find people who are really comfortable and into it. It's about…

— Lynn Shelton

I looked at a lot of the comics and I tried to just get an idea from that. Not necessarily specifics of…

— Colm Feore

How can you sustain life? [Dan] Fogelman is magic, and I think the other scripts of his that I've read for this…

— Milo Ventimiglia

In a good script, it's really like a treasure map. You just focus on that, all the answers are pretty much in…

— Judd Nelson