“Often when you get a really good script, and you receive the new pages, you see that the entire thing has been dumbed down. Films in the '30s and '40s, that were huge blockbusters, were very sophisticated in their language, and the ideas they brought. There were no questions about whether the audience would get it or not.” Has BeensIdeasFilmLanguageAudienceHugePagesScriptsSophisticatedBlockbuster Author:Connie Nielsen
“I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character.” ThinkingWayNeedsFeelsKindCharacterFilmAudienceComplexesScriptsComplex Characters Author:Jeremy Renner
“I often give my wife Carol scripts I'm offered and want her opinion - because she's a really smart lady, and she's got nothing to do with this business, so I get the audience's point of view.” WantGivingViewsOpinionAudienceWifeSmartScriptsMy WifePoint Of ViewCarolsReally Smart Author:Scott Glenn
“Our audience is all the girls who made Britney a huge star. Those are the girls who bought the book. I didn't read the book at first. I read the script just to see what I would think of the script and I really liked it.” ThinkingFirstsMadeBookGirlStarsAudienceHugeScripts Author:Virginia Madsen
“I don't even know why, but my entire career is contemporary films. Entire career! There's no period movies - there's one - but there's no period movies, no special effects movies. I just do character studies and so, some of them are gonna bump into each other, but I love the challenge, with a good script. I love the challenge of playing not a very pleasant or attractive character that seduces an audience or wins an audience over by the end.” KnowsEndsCharacterFilmWinningChallengesCareersAudienceStudySpecialEffectsPeriodsScriptsContemporaryAttractivePleasantBumpsSeducingSpecial Effects Author:Michael Douglas
“I love my situation as a spectator. The actors are only a little bit ahead of the audience. The audience discovers the episode when it's screened, but we actors only discover the episode when we get the script, two weeks ahead of shooting. Until then, we know nothing of the evolution of our characters.” KnowsLittlesTwoCharacterActorsBitsSituationAudienceWeekEvolutionLittle BitScriptsShootingEpisodesSpectatorsTwo Weeks Author:Richard Sammel
“I usually read a script from an audience perspective first, and then look more closely at the character only.” FirstsLooksCharacterAudiencePerspectiveScripts Author:Colm Meaney
“You have to leave the window open for better classes to come along as you go. You can't grow too proud of your script. You have to let the thing shape itself. It guarantees the best classes will always be used and it also keeps you from going braindead. If you grow bored and uninspired working on something, the audience will be able to tell.” IfsAbleUsedGrowsAudienceProudShapesWindowScriptsBoredGuaranteesProud Of YouUninspired Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“I’ve always been better at informing the audience through images than through words, but I took on a script that was so dialogue intensive, that the words had to do all the informing.” AudienceScriptsDialogueInforming Author:Jonathan Glazer
“I think there's something fun about television where, as an actor, when you read the script each week, it's like how the audience experiences watching the show each week.” ThinkingShowsActorsFunAudienceWeekTelevisionScripts Author:Matt Barr