Easy Quote by Ridley Scott

I found it to be more challenging to be in a huge effects movie, because a lot of the things aren't there.You have to…

— Katie Holmes

The whole point of making a film is to tell a story. That seems to be forgotten. Many films today just rely on special…

— Ray Harryhausen

If you don't have a brilliant screenplay, then you either have amazing actors who give you the chance to improve whatever is on the…

— Ayelet Zurer

You can start with a great director and great actors and have a great script - and it still just doesn't work. It's kind…

— Casey Affleck

Screenplays are the hardest thing to try to get right. They look so simple when they work, but they really destroy your brain cells…

— Jerry Bruckheimer

Sometimes you feel you're making something really special and when it comes out you might still feel that way but for some reason it…

— Jeff Bridges

When you watch the films that I'm inspired by - from the '60s and '70s - it's not about the special effects: it's about…

— Pilou Asbaek

Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they…

— Larry Cohen

And if Hollywood has taught us anything, it's that cool props and special effects are not enough. Story comes first. Everything depends on story.

— Patrick Rothfuss

The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that a screenplay…

— Barry Eisler

What makes screenplays difficult are the things that require the most discipline and care and are just not seen by most people. I'm talking…

— Robert Towne

I don't normally do big movies. I'm new to this world. And I've always been afraid that jumping onto a big budget film, you…

— Anne Hathaway