Scripts Quotes · Page 66

For years, I was often afraid to speak up when I didn't fully understand a script. I'd tie myself in knots.

— Michelle Dockery

I instantly connect to certain characters and scripts.

— Pratik Gandhi

Everybody knows Aaron Sorkin's scripts. There's a huge amount of lines. There's a huge amount of interchange. You gotta do a lot…

— Danny Boyle

I love making the backstory for myself. I think it's important. Every part I play, I work on the backstory. If it's…

— Jeffrey DeMunn

I'm always intrigued by new challenges and things that I've never done before and new experiences. It sounds so simple, but the…

— Elijah Wood

The most important thing is the story. Not the script, but the story.

— Richard D. Zanuck

I am open to all scripts and I am not very picky.

— Catherine Tresa

I'm a big believer in rehearsal and a big believer in the actors being able to find the material themselves and identify…

— Dean Israelite

Often jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. You go, 'Well, I have to do that.

— Toby Jones

You just knew you were in great hands with somebody so talented, so bright and with such depth. We both [with Ellen…

— Evan Rachel Wood

What I think after reading the script and seeing where the story goes, I go with my instincts on the character. If…

— Josh Hutcherson

I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't…

— Robert Carlyle

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

Hollywood is just so strange. It's like, everyone has a whole bunch of stuff boiling away and whichever one happens first, happens.…

— James Wan

Sometimes if a script is based on a book, that's what you should do: represent the book.

— Jennifer Lawrence

There is no sense in doing a wonderful script with somebody who can't direct because that is a disaster.

— Robert Culp

I mean, Deadpool has a script, but it's a very complicated process to find the right filmmaker. We'll see.

— Ryan Reynolds

Harry [ Hannigan] and Chris [Ellis] are sitting there while we're doing [ Fresh Hell], and Chris is directing, obviously, but if…

— Brent Spiner

I would love to work with Salman. We have a great tuning so if we work together, it will be great fun.…

— Aamir Khan

I'm sure great scripts are hard to find, but I'm definitely open, and waiting to see what comes my way.

— Lenny Kravitz

The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up.

— Amanda Peet

For me there's always a line or two in a script, when you hit it you almost decide to do the whole…

— Edward Norton

I like, for instance, 'Serpico.' I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person…

— Al Pacino

I love to write. I write everything across the board - kids' stories and novels and scripts. I actually would like to…

— Evangeline Lilly

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm…

— Gregory Hines