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title: "4 Written Director Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [What happens often is the script is written and once the director comes on board you have lots of conversations and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/what-happens-often-is-the-script-is-written-and-once-the-director/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/charlie-brooker-1392_boards_what-happens-often-is-the-script-is-writ_538713.png)

> [As roles go, very rarely do you get a role written for you or a director who wants you and only you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sushmita-sen/as-roles-go-very-rarely-do-you-get-a-role-written-for-you-or-a/)

[Sushmita Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sushmita-sen/)

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> [Big Fish was the first movie that we worked on together, and I had already written it. We had another director, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/big-fish-was-the-first-movie-that-we-worked-on-together-and-i-had/)

[John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/john-august-24608_big-fish_big-fish-was-the-first-movie-that-we-wor_2345065.jpg)

> [For two years I was a member of a repertory company in Los Angeles, doing mostly original material, plays written by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-norton/for-two-years-i-was-a-member-of-a-repertory-company-in-los-angeles/)

[Judy Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-norton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/judy-norton-19514_actor_for-two-years-i-was-a-member-of-a-repert_3149627.jpg)

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