Filmmaker Quote by Kirsten Dunst

My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there.

— Michael Arndt

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

— Helen McCrory

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

A good project but a poor director will always make a mediocre film, but an average script and good director can make a good…

— Kajol

If you have a script that's not great, if you have a great director, you can make a great movie, but if you have…

— Monica Bellucci

I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.

— Tahar Rahim

Scripts and directors make great actors, not the other way around.

— Ali Fazal

It's not often I get to do a film that turns out good. Plus, there just aren't that many great directors out there. There…

— Dean Wareham

For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

— Daniel Espinosa

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

— Orson Welles

For me, when I choose a script, I put my heart and soul into it, and that is exactly what I look for in…

— Manoj Bajpayee

It's only the filmmaker. The script is really, really second. And there's a huge gap between filmmaker and script for me. I almost don't…

— Brady Corbet