Eighty Quote by William Wyler Download Open image “It's eighty percent script and twenty percent you get great actors. There's nothing else to it.” — William Wyler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Eighty Great Nothing Script Theatre Twenty
[Making movies is] 80% script and 20% getting great actors. There's nothing else to it. — William Wyler Copy Share Image
If it's an excellent script, I enjoy it tremendously, the acting part of it. — Julie London Copy Share Image
Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing. — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
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As an actor, you want to do the best job possible, and you want the best scripts possible because it makes life more interesting. — Mark Strickson Copy Share Image
Pictures that will live on for years, like 'The Birth of a Nation' and 'Gone With the Wind,' had great historical events in the… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
When beautiful movie stars allow themselves to look terrible, people think they're really acting. — William Wyler Copy Share Image
The trouble with Hollywood is that too many of the top people responsible for pictures are too comfortable and don't give a damn about… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
If anybody doubts my loyalty to my country, I'll punch him in the nose, and I don't care how old he is. — William Wyler Copy Share Image
Everything a director does must help the story and the performances. Otherwise, it is useless. — William Wyler Copy Share Image
I'm accused constantly of having 'no signature.' That's the big artistic demerit. You can't tell a Wyler film from another man's film just by… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
If we must have the Production Code, then I think the only way to use it effectively is to judge a film as a… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
The war was an escape to reality... The only thing that mattered were human relationships; not money, not position, not even family... Only relationships… — William Wyler Copy Share Image
[Making movies is] 80% script and 20% getting great actors. There's nothing else to it. — William Wyler Copy Share Image
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