Alone Quote by Peter Morgan

I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have…

— William H. Macy

I think it is best that if you are the writer you just leave the director to it. With the caveat that you state,…

— Steven Knight

Sometimes directors feel a script needs something, but they're not sure what it is, so they show it to a friend; if the friend…

— Tom Stoppard

A director should cast a person who fits into their script.

— Christina Ricci

Nobody is out to sabotage an entire script and do an improvisational experiment of a movie, but when they're feeling something in the moment,…

— Dan Fogelman

If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for…

— John Patrick Shanley

A lot of directors keep writers away because the writers know the script better than anybody, obviously they do, and they have certain intents.…

— Glenn Ficarra

If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the execution for…

— John Patrick Shanley

I can't imagine directing from someone else's script.

— Tony Gilroy

I always try to stick to the script because I want to respect the writers, and I want to respect the director. But if…

— Rob Riggle

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

— Helen McCrory

Often, directors toss playwrights out of rehearsals.

— Dakin Matthews