Chance Quote by Steven Soderbergh

You get a script and you love it. You find a director that you trust, and it becomes all about how do I commit…

— James Van Der Beek

Yeah, well I can't see a situation where I wouldn't at least re-write as a director something I was going to direct. At the…

— William Monahan

Whenever I'm offered something, I always read the script and meet the director. I still appreciate just being considered.

— Steve Carell

I can say yes to some directors without even reading a script. But the first-time directors I've worked with, the scripts have not been…

— Stellan Skarsgard

Story is the primary factor any day. If I believe that a particular director would do justice to it, I will accept an offer.

— Varun Tej

Because of the way the business is structured, I have sometimes turned down scripts that I might otherwise have accepted had I known who…

— Jack Nicholson

If it's a good script I'll do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it.

— George Burns

I'd done some acting and I didn't like being told what to do by the director, the structure of it.

— Joe Lycett

If the director has clarity of thought and vision, you are bound to just go ahead and do what he wants to do. I…

— Manoj Bajpayee

Whatever you do, whatever you come up with, whatever you decide on, you can go with it, and if the director or the execs,…

— IronE Singleton

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

Directors tend to kind of let me do what I want to do.

— Ellen Burstyn