Movie Quote by Alexander Payne

Whenever somebody comes to me with a script, I ask a question to myself - 'Why do I want to do the film?'

— Nana Patekar

You tend to get a script and you push it toward being the kind of film you want to make.

— Peter Webber

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.

— Charlie Kaufman

Sometimes you read a script, and you just think, 'Wow, I would love to go and tell that story, and I don't even care…

— Jim Sturgess

Even Dopehri,' if somebody has a bit of imagination, the way it's written, they will be able to see that it's a screenplay with…

— Pankaj Kapur

You're torn between wanting to fill in all the spaces and knowing that's really going to screw up the screenplay. And yet, how are…

— Robert Towne

I simply asked if I could have a go at adapting a screenplay. But I did not want any money, in case I failed…

— Ben Affleck

A film is a living thing. The screenplay is a guideline. You really need to have a good, sound script to know that you…

— Jose Padilha

Screenplays are the hardest thing to try to get right. They look so simple when they work, but they really destroy your brain cells…

— Jerry Bruckheimer

Normally my process is to sit in a room and read a script and talk about it and ask questions and just create a…

— Richard Linklater

I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really…

— Zach Braff

The way I work is I like to immerse myself in the world of the film and in the character's lives, and then from…

— Garth Davis