“History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, [...] The generator of historical events is different from the events themselves, much as the minds of the gods cannot be read just by witnessing their deeds.” MindDifferentEventsProduceHistoricalScriptsDeedsOpaqueGeneratorHistorical Events Book:Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“I enjoy working with writers and their scripts. It's very exciting to me. Eventually I would like to produce, direct and act onstage, but it's not a heavy pressure. When I do it, I want to do it well. I'm just educating myself with writers and scripts, because I didn't read a lot of books when I was growing up.” WantWellsBookEnjoyGrowing UpGrowingProduceDirectExcitingPressureScriptsHeavy Author:Tom Cruise
“I would love to produce a film. I have written a script and am in the process of writing another, so maybe it will happen down the road. I would love to do a film in Africa.” WritingHappensFilmProcessWrittenProduceScriptsDown The Road Author:Judi Shekoni
“I'd love to continue to produce movies. My number one passion is acting, but I also think there's something so special in being able to support a script and an idea, and take it all the way through to fruition. I think that process is so rewarding.” ThinkingWayIdeasAblePassionProcessNumbersActingSupportSpecialProduceScriptsFruition Author:Roberto Aguire
“I use improvisation as a writing tool to help produce material that goes into a script, but a well-crafted script shouldn't sound scripted, and oftentimes people confuse something that looks like improvisation for what is actually a very well-written script that is well-acted.” PeopleWritingWellsLooksHelpingUseSoundWrittenProduceMaterialsToolsScriptsImprovisationWell Written Author:Steve Coogan
“When you get to really involve yourself with a piece [script] and the other people and you get to feel like it's a community and you're all building something together, it helps me to produce better work, I think. And there's an exhaustion that happens on a film set - an exhaustion that translates into a relaxation and helps me to live in the moment, in the performance I'm giving and what's happening around me.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsMomentsHelpingHappensTogetherFilmCommunityPiecesProduceBuildingHappeningsPerformancesScriptsHelp MeTranslateLive In The MomentRelaxationExhaustionFilm SetBuilding Something Author:Jonathan Groff
“Writers get to stay with the piece. They don't just turn the script in and somebody else takes it over and goes out and produces it and edits it and all that stuff. We stay with the piece all the way through.” WayTurnsStuffPiecesProduceScriptsEdits Author:Wanda Sykes
“My primary job is to choose the programs, either to co-produce them, or acquire them after they're finished. So, I read a lot of scripts, I meet with producers and I read a lot of books.” BookJobsProduceProgramScriptsFinishedProducersPrimariesAcquire Author:Rebecca Eaton
“Unfortunately, we don't have a depth of African scriptwriters, so it's easier to Africanize something that already works. Local script writers are giving me James Bond budget scenes that I can't even produce.” GivingI CanProduceEasierSceneDepthScriptsLocalsBudgets Author:Mo Abudu
“I don't know necessarily that I would produce under my own company right now. Producing is not something that I'm thinking about. Directing is something that I will be doing very shortly, trying to figure out what to get my hands on. And I can't imagine writing a script and wanting to direct it and not having a producing credit, because I would want to have a big chunk of power on that end, if I wrote something.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantWritingTryingI CanEndsHandsBigsMy OwnCompanyImagineFiguresProduceRight NowDirectScriptsCreditChunks Author:Scarlett Johansson