“My brain does like the idea of hosting a late-night show. My brain does like the idea of maybe having a show about me. So, I often pitch ideas and work on scripts and do that just because I may not be right about how I feel, so why not just do this, and if it happens and I got my own show, well maybe I would really end up falling in love with it.” IfsFeelsWellsMayDoeIdeasEndsShowsHappensNightFallMy OwnBrainLateFalling In LoveScriptsWhy NotLate NightI May Not Be Author:Jen Kirkman
“I'm working in a form of cinema that can be described, and has been described, as a diaristic form of cinema. In other words, with material from my own life. I walk through life with my camera, and occasionally I film. I never think about scripts, never think about films, making films.” ThinkingHas BeensFilmFormMy OwnWalksMaterialsCamerasScriptsCinemaMy Own Life Author:Jonas Mekas
“I don't get that many scripts. Back in Australia, I've pretty much done my own shows and really no work outside of that. It's only now that I'm starting to read some Hollywood film scripts, and I've read some really great ones.” DoneShowsFilmMy OwnHollywoodStartingScriptsWork OutAustraliaReally GreatGreat OnesHollywood Films Author:Jason Gann
“When you're writing a script you have the option to embellish on life or switch the order of events or make it generally more cinematic. I would stick too closely to my own experience and not necessarily think about the fact that it needs to have an event happen. Realising that I could channel my own experience into a story that was slightly more cinematic was a very important moment for me - allowing myself to accept that the kind of screenwriting I'm doing is a work of fiction.” ThinkingNeedsWritingKindImportantMomentsFactsStoriesHappensOrderMy OwnFictionAcceptingEventsSticksScriptsAllowingRealisingScreenwritingCinematicImportant Moments Author:Lena Dunham
“When I direct my own scripts, it's much easier as it's been in my head for a year already... What I love about this is having an idea and seeing it come to fruition on screen. I would like to direct someone else's script one day, but I might not get round to it before I die - you can't legislate for being hit by a bus!” YearsIdeasMightDiesMy OwnSeeingEasierOne DayDirectRoundsScriptsBusFruitionBefore I Die Author:Ricky Gervais
“I like to flip through play scripts, not just my own; there is something exciting about seeing printed language on a page that triggers responses in me.” PlayLanguageMy OwnSeeingPagesExcitingResponseScriptsTriggersPrintedFlip Author:Donald Margulies
“I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?” PeopleShouldI CanHelpingStuffMy OwnAmountScriptsHelping OthersShould ILame Author:Eric Idle
“Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.” TryingMy OwnPayCompanyStruggleScriptsOddPhiladelphiaCheesecake Author:Nancy Meyers
“I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.” WritingStuffMy OwnScripts Author:Martin McDonagh
“I can connect with whoever I want to connect with in the world. And I can also write my own script. I don't have to follow rules. I can sort of just be unconventional.” WorldWantWritingI CanMy OwnScriptsUnconventional Author:Lynn Shelton
“Some actors might just do one thing, and another actor does another thing. I do an awful lot of preparation with the script, really. What I do is repeat the script, over and over and over again. Through that, it's almost like it seeps into my enamel. I'm reading all the characters, as well as my own. That is where the bulk of my preparation goes into.” WellsDoeCharacterMightReadingActorsMy OwnOne ThingScriptsAwfulPreparationRepeats Author:Michael Fassbender
“I'm not a big fan of training, at all. I really don't like it. I've done a few acting classes and I've just hated them. I think they train you to do something, and sometimes you might not be able to break out of it. Acting is lying, and lying is acting. So, I just prefer to read the script and do it my own way.” ThinkingWaySometimesDoneBigsMightAbleLyingMy OwnActingClassBreakFansTrainingTrainScriptsHatedBreak OutActing Classes Author:Callan McAuliffe
“I'm wearing three hats; I'm acting, producing, and directing. I was very involved in developing the script, too. But to me, that is very liberating. To me, the lower the budget, the more I want to be involved. I want to be more in control of my own destiny when there isn't much money involved, because you don't have the experts who can control your destiny.” WantThreeMy OwnActingDestinyInvolvedScriptsDevelopingBudgetsExpertsHatsOur DestinyLiberatingYour DestinyControl Your Destiny Author:Bruce Campbell