Failure Quote by Alexander Payne

If you are still thinking about a script after five or ten years, that's a sign that it's good - not that it's stale.…

— Jason Blum

In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written,…

— Viggo Mortensen

There is no such thing as a good script, onlya good film, and I'm conscious that my scripts often read better than they play.

— Alan Bennett

A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going…

— Ricky Schroder

Often when you get a really good script, and you receive the new pages, you see that the entire thing has been dumbed down.…

— Connie Nielsen

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

— Helen McCrory

Some of the scripts I hear are completely useless. Sometimes, they're copies of very bad Hollywood films.

— Kashmira Shah

Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written…

— Viggo Mortensen

My feeling about the movies is that most of them are terrible. If you don't have a decent script and a decent director, forget…

— Lauren Bacall

I think the script is the key. Regardless of how great everybody else is working on a film, if you're working on a script…

— Ewan McGregor

On every film, there are producers all over the place, and everyone's got to have an opinion. I think the screenplay is a beautiful…

— Sam Shepard

What I learned is that I should probably read a screenplay every once in a while before I said 'yes'. You could make bad…

— George Clooney