“To be fair to ourselves, in almost every original script, the timing is actually worked out down to the minute.” MinutesFairsOriginalsScriptsTiming Author:Michael Loceff
“I'm writing a film called 'Bug.' It's an original script, and it's not about killer insects. It's a thriller set in a high school. The bug of the title refers to a surveillance device.” WritingSchoolFilmHigh SchoolOriginalsScriptsTitlesDevicesKillersInsectsBugsSurveillanceThrillers Author:Wes Craven
“The whole movie thing has never been a source of great pride for me, in that Burt Reynolds, who starred in the picture, butchered the original script I had written for the late Steve McQueen, and the result, while a massive moneymaker, was lashed by the critics. But like the old joke about Pierre the Bridge Builder, The Cannonball Run is indelibly inscribed on my so-called career portfolio, and few conversations with strangers pass without the subject of the picture arising.” WholeRunningResultsCareersWrittenSubjectsSourcePrideConversationLateJokesOriginalsCriticsScriptsStrangerBridgesMassiveBuilderPortfoliosMcqueenOld JokesCannonballs Author:Brock Yates
“In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's not the same as a guy in his 40s and a dad in the end of his 70s. It's a different point in both our lives.” DifferentEndsGuyComedyOur LivesDadOriginalsScriptsPeter Author:Paul Reiser
“I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire.” LooksCharacterStoriesInterestingDirectorsOriginalsScriptsAdmireGood StorySomething Interesting Author:Josh Hartnett
“A lot of our favorite comedies in general are usually directed by writers, whether or not they wrote the original script themselves.” ComedyOriginalsScripts Author:Jon Hurwitz
“I was well aware of that when I heard they were remaking 'Total Recall.' My first reaction was: 'Ewww, really okay?' And the director said you should really look at it, the script is good. I had already done a remake. I had just finished 'Fright Night.' When I heard about that being remade, I had a whole ego thing... remake?. 'That is so uncool! I loved the original, I can't possibly do that.” ShouldFirstsWellsLooksSaidI CanDoneWholeNightHeardDirectorsEgoOkayOriginalsScriptsFinishedReactionsRecallsFrightRemakesUncoolTotal Recall Author:Colin Farrell
“It's really hard to find stuff that is original. You pick up scripts and in four pages you know where it's going and the same thing when you are sitting in a theatre, I just rejoice when something unfolds in a way that I'm not conducive.” KnowsWayHardStuffFourPagesPicksSittingOriginalsScriptsTheatreRejoice Author:Susan Sarandon
“I wrote lots of scripts that never got made and they were terrible. I thought they were good at the time. You can't write two scripts and expect your career to take off. Keep writing. Be you. Be original. A lot of people go for a genre, which is fine if you can do that really well, but we all have such layered histories. We all come from a unique background. Write about your past, write about you. Or make stuff up, but make it about something that really matters.” PeopleIfsWritingWellsMadeTwoMatterPastStuffCan DoCareersFineTerribleUniqueOriginalsScriptsBackgroundsGenreBe YouOur PastYour Past Author:Nicole Holofcener
“Well, I mean, the original is certainly the jump-off, it certainly is what it is, you know, I grew up around that era so I watched all those shows. The basic concept is there, it's just a different movie. Totally different actors, different filmmakers, different script, but same concept.” KnowsWellsMeanDifferentShowsActorsGrewGrew UpConceptsOriginalsScriptsErasFilmmaker Author:Antoine Fuqua
“When Tim asked me to do Frankenweenie, he had his original sketches from before he did the short, of what Sparky looked like, and he drew Victor and some of the other crucial people. The remarkable thing about working with Tim is that, once he's read a script, he sketches out everybody else.” PeopleOriginalsScriptsRemarkableCrucial Author:John August
“Any good movie or script usually, if they're doing their job, gives the highest platform possible for an actor to leap off of, and that script was very high up there. It was a very smart, tight script. There was a lot of improv, as well, once we got to the set, but a lot of the original script was also in there.” IfsGivingWellsJobsActorsHighestSmartOriginalsScriptsLeapPlatformsGood MovieVery Smart Author:Justin Theroux
“I felt really comfortable [on The Maze Runner]. From day one, I loved the script and the story, and I thought it could be something really cool and interesting and original, in this generation of regurgitated projects and sequels and stuff, so I'm proud to be part of it.” StoriesFeltStuffInterestingGenerationsProudComfortableProjectsOriginalsScriptsRunnersReally CoolSequelsThis GenerationMazesMaze Runner Author:Dylan O'Brien
“What first attracted me to doing Swiss Army Man was just how mental it was - how insane and wonderful and original the script was.” MenFirstsWonderfulArmyOriginalsScriptsInsaneSwiss Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I did play a dentist in Waiting for Guffman. I wrote the speech at the conference. In the original script, when it got to that scene, it was, 'Thank you very much. Good night.' Literally. I just thought, 'He keeps talking about this speech. The keynote address is the big thing in his life and this is too important to say, "Thank you. Good night." I think we have to see and hear him doing what he does.' So I got together with my dentist and we worked through a few things.” ThinkingDoeImportantPlayBigsTogetherNightWaitingTalkingSceneSpeechOriginalsScriptsAddressesBig ThingsConferencesDentistGood NightSaying Thank YouKeep Talking Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsWellsInterestingQualityOpinionWrittenOriginalsMajorityScriptsComplainingScreenplaysWell Written Author:Viggo Mortensen
“In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!” ThinkingLittlesCharacterPlayerBasketballOriginalsScriptsBoxersBasketball Player Author:Eddie Murphy
“If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I'm going to be very careful about that because I'm not eager to repeat myself.” IfsKnowsOriginalsScriptsCarefulRepeatsSequels Author:Nicolas Cage
“Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a story meeting with studio executives with no particular ability or actors who haven't even graduated high school telling you exactly how to change your script, you haven't experienced what it's really like to be a screenwriter in Hollywood. Also, unlike novelists and playwrights, you don't own the copyright on your original material. It hurts when you sell a project you love and then suddenly the project you really cared about will never see the light of day.” WayTryingStoriesLightSchoolActorsHurtAbilityHavensParticularMaterialsTerribleProjectsHigh SchoolHollywoodOriginalsSellsMeetingsScriptsStudiosNovelistsExecutivesIt HurtsPlaywrightScreenwritersCopyrightScreenwriting Author:Amy Holden Jones