“I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead of just saying, 'Hey I wanted to film it in Mississippi.' It would seem like it was a hometown boy just wanting to be home.” WritingHomeSeemsWantedFilmBoysTakenNeededHeyVisualsScreenplaysMississippiHometownJust Saying Author:Tate Taylor
“There have been 15 or 16 screenplays over the years, including one by me, but none of them has gotten made because Paramount is a huge studio. The Dice Man is an anti-establishment cult novel and you don't normally make studio films from such dark comedy material.” MenYearsHas BeensMadeFilmDarkNovelComedyMaterialsHugeIncludingStudiosEstablishmentCultScreenplaysDiceParamountDark Comedy Author:Luke Rhinehart
“I get all these screenplays that start 'Tawnya is in the shower. The water streams down her naked, perky breasts'. I don't think this is happening to Natalie Portman.” ThinkingFilmWaterHappeningsHollywoodNakedStreamsBreastsShowersScreenplaysPerky Author:Jessica Alba
“Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.” ImportantFilmImportant ThingsScreenplays Author:Yahoo Serious
“A film is a living thing. The screenplay is a guideline. You really need to have a good, sound script to know that you have a dramatic structure that's going to work thematically, and to know how one scene will got through another, and to get a sense of character.” KnowsNeedsCharacterFilmSoundKnow HowSceneStructureScriptsDramaticGoing To WorkLiving ThingsScreenplaysGuidelines Author:Jose Padilha
“What I learned is that I should probably read a screenplay every once in a while before I said 'yes'. You could make bad film out of a good script, but you're never going to make a good film out of a bad script.” ShouldSaidFilmScriptsScreenplaysGood Films Author:George Clooney
“I can pick up a screenplay and flip through the pages. If all I see is dialog, dialog, dialog, I won't even read it. I don't care how good the dialog is - it's a moving picture. It has to move all the time... It's not the stage. A movie audience doesn't have the patience to sit and learn a lesson. Their eyes need to be dazzled. The writer is the most important element in the entire film because if it ain't on the page it ain't going to be on the screen.” IfsNeedsI CanImportantEyeCareFilmMovingAudienceStageLessonsElementsPagesPicksDon't CareScreensI Don't CareFlipScreenplaysLearning Lessons Author:Robert Evans
“To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast.” Has BeensFilmActorsCastsScreenplays Author:Dito Montiel
“My understanding of films was just as much as any young girl who watches Bollywood films. I had no idea about the whole process of filmmaking, about dialogue writing, scripts, screenplay etc. I had probably gone to two or three film shoots in my childhood.” WritingTwoIdeasWholeFilmYoungGirlThreeProcessUnderstandingWatchesGoneChildhoodScriptsDialogueNo IdeaEtcFilmmakingScreenplaysBollywoodWriting Scripts Author:Rani Mukerji