Directors Quote by Taraji P. Henson

My rule of thumb is to always do what's on the page first. Then you can talk to your director about playing with it.…

— Michaela Watkins

As a writer, putting words on the page is how I pay attention.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I think if an actor is right for a role, casting sees that, and the words that are on the page, depending on how…

— Scott Michael Foster

Whether it's a lower or higher budget project, a TV show or a film, the words on the page are the same to me…

— Michael Eklund

What's on the page dictates a lot of what I do. When the words are there, it's easy.

— Jimmy Smits

I think you never want to have to go into the scene having to improvise; you want to make sure its working on the…

— Ben Stiller

I'm not really a full-time director, I just like to direct the things that I write because I think I'm going to know it…

— Billy Bob Thornton

Once you're directing, you're kind of in a certain mode, where you're taking whatever is on the page and forming it into the film…

— Gus Van Sant

I'm usually more concerned with how things sound than how they look on the page. Some people write for the page, and that's a…

— Tom Waits

If you have a great script and great dialogue, you don't need to improvise.

— Catherine O'Hara

It's much more fun as an actor, as well. If everything is on the page and you're spoon-feeding an audience you feel like your…

— Tom Hughes

Whatever is on the page is what I'm married to. I'm very prepared. I'm a thespian. I don't like to improv. I don't like…

— Kevin Hart