“If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition, I would say don't memorize the script The reality about auditions is that 98 percent of the results has to do with what you are, not with what you did in the audition.” IfsGivingRealityYoungActorsResultsAdvicePercentScriptsAuditionsScrapYoung Actors Author:Wallace Shawn
“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
“When I worked with Woody Allen, I only got the parts of the script that I was in. I was able to piece together the narrative from that, but I remember being quite excited to watch the movie - the movie that I was in but didn't know what happened in, like, 65 percent of.” KnowsAbleTogetherRememberWatchesPiecesHappenedPercentScriptsExcitedNarrativeWoody Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“I do enjoy that folks [ Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin] really get into [ Aladdin ] because I enjoy getting it. I love it where you just get to go nuts. Ninety percent of what you hear, he wrote. There's ten percent that he let me play around with in the studio and actually put in the script if it was funny enough.” IfsEnoughPlayEnjoyTenPercentLet MeFolksScriptsStudiosNutsNinetyRiceChad Author:James Monroe Iglehart
“A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie.” IfsMeanPercentScriptsHorribleOddsGood Movie Author:Ricky Schroder