Cleverness Quote by John Sayles

Films are a very tangible thing. It's making something with your hands. I think all of these guys - Roger and the whole cast…

— Alex Stapleton

You can have a great script, or a great director and a bad script, and get a great movie. Nothing really guarantees anything.

— Douglas Booth

You can have a great character in a really bad script, and the film will never be seen. It's just too much work to…

— Devin Ratray

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

The script is so key to making a good movie. But everything is against you when you're making a movie: the logistics of putting…

— Wes Ball

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

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

You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer.

— Nile Rodgers

You can't make a good movie with a bad script, no matter who's involved.

— Dave Franco

Making a movie is like making an ocean voyage, and the script is your ship.

— Mel Brooks

A script is just a script. A good script can be a bad movie, so easily. It's the process that makes it good. You…

— Joel Surnow

So that would be my input and I'd go off and I'd work on another film, and then I'd catch up with them later…

— Pierce Brosnan