“It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you have to let it go.” FeelsHardTurnsVisionLike YouDirectorsLet It GoScreenwriters Author:Lorene Scafaria
“We’re living in an acquisitive capitalist society that is fundamentally anti-family and fundamentally uncomfortable with just enjoying being human. We’d rather shop than live, acquire than love and stare into a screen than hold each other.” LoveLifeHumansEnjoyFamilySocietyDirectorsCapitalismScreensLive LifeStaringUncomfortableAcquireShopsShoppingCapitalistBeing HumanLiving My LifeEnjoy LifeScreenwritersHolding Hands Author:Frank Schaeffer
“I've certainly seen stats that if you have a woman director or a woman screenwriter, the number of female characters goes way up.” IfsWayCharacterNumbersDirectorsFemaleScreenwritersFemale Characters Author:Emma Donoghue
“Most directors, I discovered, need to be convinced that the screenplay they're going to direct has something to do with them. And this is a tricky thing if you write screenplays where women have parts that are equal to or greater than the male part. And I thought, 'Why am I out there looking for directors?'—because you look at a list of directors, it's all boys. It certainly was when I started as a screenwriter. So I thought, 'I'm just gonna become a director and that'll make it easier.'” IfsNeedsWritingLooksBoysGreaterEasierDirectorsEqualDirectMalesConvincedListsTrickyScreenplaysScreenwriters Author:Nora Ephron
“Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours on the phone, and I've been sending him information and items that have been useful to the writing process.” WritingHas BeensProcessHoursInformationDirectorsUniversalPhonesProducersWriting ProcessItemsSigningScreenwritersGary Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.” IfsWantDirectorsScreenwriters Author:Akira Kurosawa
“In the neighborhood around Waseda, there were all these movie theaters, so every morning I left the house and watched movies instead of going to class. The experience of encountering films then is one of my greatest memories. Before that I'd never paid any attention to directors, but there I was taking a crash course in Ozu, Kurosawa, Naruse, Truffaut, Renoir, Fellini. Because I've always been naturally a more introspective person, I was more interested in becoming a screenwriter than a director.” PersonsFilmCoursesHouseLeftMemoriesAttentionClassMorningBecomingDirectorsPaidTheaterNeighborhoodEvery MorningCrashIntrospectiveScreenwritersMovie TheaterKurosawaRenoir Author:Hirokazu Koreeda
“The thing about movies is if somebody has an idea that works, it's in, and I say that as a screenwriter as well as a director.” IfsWellsIdeasDirectorsWorking ItScreenwriters Author:William Monahan
“The director Denis [Villeneuve] is actually an actor (he's from Sons of Anarchy and he's a great character actor) and he's also a screenwriter (he wrote What Lies Beneath). It blows my mind to see when people from one sector move to another and excel. I think Sicario was one of the best directed and written films. It did get [a nomination for best] cinematography, though.” PeopleThinkingMindCharacterFilmMovingLyingActorsWrittenSonDirectorsBlowAnarchyScreenwritersNominationsGreat CharacterCharacter ActorsCinematography Author:Bun B
“I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and their spirits are crushed, because they work on these screenplays and these projects, and then directors either take them and change everything, rewrite them and make them worse, or they film them and they're nothing like how they imagined it to be.” KindRealFilmSpiritLuckyDirectorsProjectsHollywoodDown AndAll KindsBeatenCrushedScreenplaysScreenwriters Author:Daniel Clowes
“When you're a screenwriter, it's like being a mechanic. You open the hood of the story, the director is the driver, and he says, "What do you think? It's a little tough."” ThinkingLittlesStoriesDirectorsToughDriversMechanicHoodScreenwriters Author:Thomas Bidegain