Scripts Quotes · Page 65

I'd read a lot of scripts, and I remember reading 'Orange Is the New Black,' and it was at the head of…

— Uzo Aduba

When I wrote 'Kidulthood,' I didn't even know there was going to be a 'Kidulthood.' I just wanted to test myself to…

— Noel Clarke

With a sitcom, everyday you do a run through, and people are judging you, and the scripts are being changed nightly, nightly,…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

It's a shame, but every time I get something scientific in the script, I read up to find out what I'm talking…

— Jim Parsons

The amount of work that TV writers and executives do is incredibly hard. I'm shocked that these people will hand in three…

— Zak Penn

[Writing scripts] I'm not looking to jump in and make super mainstream movies. I still like to make movies that I like…

— Rob Zombie

When you have a bunch of scripts that you have to read, the less you have, the better it is, because otherwise,…

— Vincent Cassel

Having just read the script [Havenhurst] and then add having seen a ghost, I went to Andrew [Erin], and I was, like,…

— Julie Benz

I do not make films which are prescriptive, and I do not make films that are conclusive. You do not walk out…

— Mike Leigh

I started in the era when Hollywood reveled in being the most cost-inefficient industry on the planet. They used to commission a…

— Richard Greenberg

The way you write dialogue is the same whether you're writing for movies or TV or games. We use movie scriptwriting software…

— Sam Lake

The secret is to get a good cinematographer and a very good assistant director. If you get those and stay out of…

— Lester Persky

I don't even give my scripts to friends because I just feel it's, like, I don't need one more set of opinions.

— Mike White

The writer must be a participant in the scene... like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I was just interested in directing. So I just kept having a go at trying to write little scripts and get things…

— Peter Capaldi

Usually, I read the script very often. I think that everything is hiding in the script.

— Audrey Tautou

The difference between the first time I read something and the tenth time I read something is generally pretty profound. Even if…

— David Sedaris

You can't write a script in your mind and then force yourself to follow it. You have to let yourself be.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or…

— Roma Downey

It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.

— Larry Wall

Scripts that make characters a two-sentence description, I'm not interested in.

— Dylan Sprouse

My husband [Julius Tennon] and I started a production company. We've already optioned a book and some scripts to do exactly that,…

— Viola Davis

In the book, I tell the story of seeing old movies when I was young and acting out scenes at home. Now…

— Eli Wallach

When I find material that gives me a natural yet unique character point of view and has well - developed characters throughout…

— Mike Colter

Twitter is so short, it's safe. I don't want my bosses to be like, 'Hey, your script is due and we saw…

— Mindy Kaling