Essence Quote by Robert Schwentke

The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.

— Robert Schwentke

I can pick up a screenplay and flip through the pages. If all I see is dialog, dialog, dialog, I won't even read it.…

— Robert Evans

I think a script is great when it starts with the structure and works with the structure without falling into the typical three-act system…

— Luca Guadagnino

My experience is, I do a table reading, and it's literally like it's written in colossal neon lights what's wrong with the screenplay.

— Peter Morgan

For me, the script is important. If it excites me, I'll do the film.

— Sushant Singh Rajput

Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.

— Grant Heslov

I'd like to have the script in a much better place from day one of shooting, rather than trying to continue to work on…

— Joseph Kosinski

The great thing, as a screenwriter, is that you are always proud of what ends up on the screen, you are able to create…

— Jamie Linden

“If every minute of time elapsed on the screen equals in length of time every other minute, and obviously it does, and if time…

— Dan Joseph Decker

I like it when a script shows you something new, and you can learn something through the journey of a film rather than being…

— Lucy Fry

When you have good writing, the rhythm of the scene is very apparent. What the scene demands is very clear.

— Carrie Coon

My screenplays are very detailed. The reason they're detailed... you have to think on your feet. You have to be ready to change because…

— Deepa Mehta