Filmmaker Quote by Tilda Swinton

The only way a first-time filmmaker could have convinced or can convince a producer is if he has a fantastic script.

— Aditya Dhar

Sometimes you get the luxury of having a script for a really long time, and you can get to talk with the director or…

— Jasmine Cephas Jones

It's really hard to sell a script, and it's even harder to get a movie made. It just almost never happens.

— Krysten Ritter

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

— Helen McCrory

With something that's a little lower budget and more indie, it's really important that the director is able to have the vision spot-on and…

— Katy O'Brian

Eleven years is a great length of time to prepare a movie, it would be wonderful to have 11 years of funded preparation.

— Tilda Swinton

So many people wait around for funding, and if they're unsuccessful, they don't make the film; if you've got a good idea, that seems…

— Joel Edgerton

Over the years, many producers have come and gone, and screenplays were written and abandoned. It's the Hollywood process. It's hard to get things…

— Lawrence Blume

A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors come into…

— Peter Mullan

It's only the filmmaker. The script is really, really second. And there's a huge gap between filmmaker and script for me. I almost don't…

— Brady Corbet

If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough.

— Jihan El-Tahri

I think the script is the key. Regardless of how great everybody else is working on a film, if you're working on a script…

— Ewan McGregor