Life Quote by Paul Rust

What a script says that isn't dialogue is as important as the spoken word.

— Vanessa Redgrave

There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can…

— Mary Steenburgen

I find that dialogue is bad in most scripts. I just think there are very few writers that can capture the natural way people…

— Stephen Dorff

With some writers, the script looks beautiful on the page, but nobody actually speaks like that.

— Neve McIntosh

In real life, people fumble their words. They repeat themselves and stare blankly off into space and don't listen properly to what other people…

— Christopher Guest

My scripts are possibly too talkative. Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, 'Oh, for God's sake, shut up.'

— Tom Stoppard

It's always an exciting prospect when you're reading a script and you're almost starting to speak, you're almost reading out loud very early on…

— Jason Watkins

When a script moves me, I find that I immediately understand a character. Of course not completely, but I do understand.

— Marion Cotillard

Scripts are corny and predictable. Real life is always better.

— Lauren Conrad

Sometimes reading scripts is terrible.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

For years, I was often afraid to speak up when I didn't fully understand a script. I'd tie myself in knots.

— Michelle Dockery

American scripts are usually non-stop conversation. People talking over each other. I like that.

— Shirley Henderson