Beginning Quote by John Lee Hancock

I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own…

— Walton Goggins

I know it's boring to say this but I always start with the script. I mean if it's well written and it's a character…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I always look for the character that gets into your guts and tells you, 'You have to play this.' You have to be brave…

— Colin Morgan

A different script calls for different things. It always takes me a long time to get to know the part, and know the logic…

— Sally Hawkins

The first thing, when I read the script, is that I need to care about what happens and feel compelled by the story and…

— Michael Sheen

One of the interesting parts of being on a television show is you often don't know the fate of your character until you're reading…

— Chris Messina

Well, first of all, you read the script a million times. Because what the script gives you are given circumstances. Given circumstances are all…

— Viola Davis

All it really takes to fall in love with a script is to understand, right off the bat, one piece of the story.

— Lucas Hedges

I've never read a script that I've loved equally and differently to the book.

— Emma Roberts

I don't like reading scripts very much. I like it better for someone to just explain to me what it is about this story.

— Judi Dench

I feel character description from a book can mislead you and actually make you fall off course when you're representing a character using a…

— Will Poulter

I always read the script, try to imagine myself in the role, then decide whether I have anything to give to the part. If…

— Kristin Davis