Between Quote by Robert Towne

I always find the first thing that really bothers me when I start a screenplay is, I have to find a different form. You…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

You write a screenplay and then everybody is going to want to get in on it and we have to figure that out. I've…

— Craig Brewer

It's probably unprecedented for a filmmaker simply to take the writers' script and treat it as the instructions on the package. What really happens…

— Tom Stoppard

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

— Grant Heslov

There's this inherent screenplay structure that everyone seems to be stuck on, this three-act thing. It doesn't really interest me. To me, it's kind…

— Charlie Kaufman

I always knew the script was important, but I didn't realize how important until you get out there and just deal with the issues…

— Wes Ball

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

A film is a living thing. The screenplay is a guideline. You really need to have a good, sound script to know that you…

— Jose Padilha

I'm so respectful of good writing. It's the blueprint for the movie. You have to have that script there because, if you don't, you're…

— Molly Shannon

It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you…

— Lorene Scafaria

Writing a screenplay is an act of faith. First, that it's interesting enough that anyone would want to make it. Secondly, that anybody would…

— Leigh Whannell

As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I want you…

— Cuba Gooding, Jr