Bits and pieces Quote by Nicolas Roeg

Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre.

— Nicolas Roeg

All of my scripts are based on other people's novels. Generally, I consider myself as one who writes for theatre. I do not see…

— Tom Stoppard

Different kind of cinema is being created, people are coming up with different kind of scripts, they are able to come up with scripts…

— Pankaj Kapur

A lot of actors say that theater's the thing for them. And that's great, and I'm not one to speak with any authority about…

— Christian Bale

I love TV, don't get me wrong. But with film, you're just banging out this one product, and you're not waiting on another script.…

— David Anders

Once you are shooting a movie, even if it's your own script, you have to let it go at a certain point. That's true…

— Todd Haynes

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

— Peter Webber

A movie is very different when you're writing the script and you're building a story compared to what the final product is.

— Andy Muschietti

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

I really believe the form of the film must be in the scenario; cinema is not just added value to the scripting. I believe…

— Jacques Audiard

Theatre is organic, film is not. Theatre you come every day and you work with a group of people and you're are all up…

— Kevin Spacey

I feel the best scripts are those that are originally written to be films: that is film in its purest sense.

— Makoto Shinkai