“I try to have a balance of things you like and things you don't like about a character. But once you start that, all these scripts are like, "You play the douchebag friend of Ashton Kutcher." It's all these characters that are overconfident or hyper-masculine.” TryingPlayCharacterLike YouBalanceScriptsMasculineHyperOverconfidentThings You LikeDouchebags Author:Jemaine Clement
“I read a ton of scripts. I read a lot of scripts, and you read one, and first of all, you felt like you read it in 14 minutes, because you're turning the pages so fast you can't wait to see what's going to happen.” FirstsHappensFeltWaitingMinutesLike YouPagesScripts Author:Denzel Washington
“In film you have the script months ahead of time often, for a good film, but in television it seems like you might not get the script until a week or two weeks before you've got to film it. It's a little weird, but also quite challenging. It reminds me of repertory theatre.” LittlesTwoSeemsMightFilmChallengesWeekTelevisionLike YouMonthsScriptsTheatreTwo WeeksGood FilmsAhead Of Time Author:Wesley Snipes
“Too-broad questions, such as, "What's on your mind?" are apt to be answered "nothing" nearly one hundred percent of the time. Be careful of slipping into ""psycho-speak," however. Kids pick up instantly your attempt at being a pseudo-shrink. Most resent it and are apt to tune out anything that sounds like you're reading a script from the latest child-psychology text.” MindChildrenKidsReadingSpeakSoundPsychologyLike YouPicksPercentHundredScriptsCarefulTunesBroadsBe CarefulShrinksResentPsychoSlippingPseudoChild Psychology Book:The Single-parent Family: Living Happily in a Changing World Source: The Single-parent Family: Living Happily in a Changing World
“Sometimes I watch films that I can't believe got made. Especially because I read scripts that are truly incredible, that will never get made. I don't know who is behind those decisions. It's like you just have to doodle something on a page about the underdog who finally gets the girl and the film gets made.” KnowsBelieveMadeI CanSometimesFilmGirlDecisionBehindsWatchesLike YouPagesIncrediblesScriptsUnderdog Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“I just felt like, you know, I read a lot of scripts out in L.A., out here in the industry and I just felt like this film was just being genuine. I just felt like it had really great characters. And all the three different characters have completely different stories and they're all kind of intertwined together thematically. So I just thought it had great characters, great themes” KnowsKindDifferentCharacterStoriesTogetherFilmThreeFeltLike YouIndustryScriptsGenuineAll KindsThemeJust BeingReally GreatDifferent CharactersGreat CharacterIntertwined Author:George Tillman, Jr.
“If the producer doesn't like you, consequently he reads the script with a very negative view. But I wouldn't preoccupy myself with that, I don't give a damn. You can be a hunchback and a dwarf and whatall.” IfsGivingViewsLike YouNegativeScriptsProducersDamnDwarfsDwarvesDon't Give A DamnI Don't Give A DamnDamn You Author:Rod Serling
“Sometimes you read a script and it's like, "You'll improv and this is just a blueprint of what the scene could be," and that's never a good sign. And it's never encouraging as an actor to take that on, really.” SometimesActorsLike YouSceneScriptsBlueprints Author:Paul Rudd
“When you hear Treat's [ Williams] doing a movie, or you'd like to work with Treat again, you hope the script is good. And then you find out the script is good. You go and you do it for the fun of it. And you feel like you can be proud of something.” FeelsFunLike YouProudTreatsScriptsBe Proud Author:George Hamilton
“I'm working on a script right about Civil War re-enactors who go back in time to the actual Civil War. It's kind of a big, crazy Back to the Future comedy. So, of course, it's the Civil War - I play the banjo. I was just having a conversation with one of the producers about some of the material and he was like, 'You know, we have to work in a scene where you play the banjo. And I was like I'll get behind that.” KnowsKindWarPlayBigsCoursesBehindsComedyCrazyMaterialsLike YouSceneConversationScriptsProducersCivil WarBack In TimeBanjosGo Back In Time Author:Ed Helms
“I felt really strongly about this script [ Everybody Loves Somebody] because, like you said, it's a very specific way of life.” WaySaidFeltLike YouScripts Author:Karla Souza