Cinema Quote by Tom Stoppard

I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays

— Beth Henley

I thought that if no one was going to give me a great part - and it was very difficult to break into film,…

— Chazz Palminteri

My background is on the stage, so when I'd write movies, they'd be a lot like plays.

— Alan Alda

I sign a film based on the story, the role I play, and the maker.

— Amitabh Bachchan

Doing a piece on film is completely different from doing it onstage.

— Samantha Mathis

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.

— Dirk Benedict

I have always thought if you are going to make a film, it's much better to have an original script that will play to…

— William Boyd

The great thing about stage is that you have more control. The stage is yours. The time is yours. Film is really the editor's…

— Kenneth Cranham

I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.

— Neil Jordan

I try and write a fair amount in the beginning without the movie. And then when I do get the movie I create these…

— James Newton Howard

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

— Dustin Hoffman

I believe writing is where it all begins; you can not make a film look different, you have to write it differently.

— Rakshit Shetty