“I'd love to say I made the smart decision of picking projects that became hits, but with 'The Good Wife,' I read the script and something inside me said, 'I love this, I want to do this.'” WantMadeSaidDecisionWifeProjectsSmartScriptsGood WifeSmart Decisions Author:Archie Panjabi
“Sometimes you do feel a script that glows in your hand the moment you start reading it. By page four of Shakespeare in Love, I said, 'I have to be in this movie.” FeelsSaidSometimesMomentsHandsReadingFourPagesScripts Author:Geoffrey Rush
“I remember going to Bob Preston's dressing room because I was losing a laugh - as you do in a long run. He said, 'Give me the script. That's where you're going off the road.' That's comedy. It's never the line itself; it's in the foundation.” GivingLongSaidRunningRememberLinesRoomsLaughingComedyLosingGive MeFoundationScriptsBobLong RunsDressingsDressing Rooms Author:Jeffrey Tambor
“I get a lot of 'Oh, you've been gone.' I wasn't gone. Just because you didn't see me doesn't mean I wasn't working and collecting checks. I just wasn't singing and doing videos. I do a lot of other things, like I said, like writing scripts and stuff like that. I write for other artists.” WritingMeanSaidArtistStuffGoneSingingScriptsChecksVideoCollectingWriting Scripts Author:Tionne Watkins
“My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script.” PeopleGivingKindSaidRealWould BeGuyDadScriptsTreatmentBe KindMy Sister Author:Rae Dawn Chong
“I've turned down a lot of stuff. I've read several scripts and said "That's not me, I'm not interested in doing that." It's got to be something that inspires me and captures my imagination. I want to be able to say "There's a challenge.".” WantSaidBookAbleReadingStuffImaginationChallengesInspireScriptsCaptureNot InterestedMy ImaginationBooks And ReadingTurned Down Author:Karl Urban
“Dave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his mind?'” MindSaidShowsLostScriptsDave Author:Marla Gibbs
“There's a screen direction in the script for the pilot where it says, 'Jim Harper, mid-20s, enters,' and it said something to the effect of: 'He's confident without being cocky. He has no idea that he could be considered attractive, because he saw All The President's Men when he was thirteen and never looked up.' It was just a great little gem of a screen direction, and I felt immediately from just that, that I had a good idea of how to play this guy.” MenLittlesSaidIdeasPlayGuyFeltPresidentSawsEffectsScriptsScreensNo IdeaAttractiveGood IdeasPilotsThis GuyThirteenGemsCockyHarperBeing Cocky Author:John Gallagher, Jr.
“I honestly believe, and I've said it many times, that the universal stems from the specific and I can't walk around with a performance and ask everyone how they feel about it, but if noble is an opinion that people have I'll accept that. I've been asked many times why I don't play bad guys, or heavies, and I would do it, absolutely, in a second, just haven't been offered any so... if anybody has a script out there tonight I'm more than willing.” PeopleIfsFeelsBelieveSaidI CanPlayGuyAsksWalksAcceptingOpinionHavensWillingPerformancesUniversalScriptsNobleHonestlyTonightStemBad Guys Author:Denzel Washington
“The hackers who hacked into Sony have leaked the upcoming script for the new James Bond movie. Some of the executives said the news left them shaken but not stirred.” SaidLeftNewsScriptsExecutivesHackersSonyHackedBond MovieJames Bond Movie Author:Conan O'Brien
“And when I told my sons I might be in City of Ember, they said, 'Oh! You're gonna be the mayor?' And I hadn't even read the script yet.” SaidMightCitiesSonScriptsMy SonThey SaidMayorsEmbers Author:Bill Murray
“When I was working on Big Fan, I didnt really feel like any lines needed to be changed or enhanced or expanded upon in any way. I thought it was a solid script. All you had to do was what it said.” WayFeelsSaidBigsLinesFansChangedNeededScripts Author:Kevin Corrigan
“In 1998, the acting roles suddenly bottomed out. I was no longer getting scripts; even my agent stopped calling. When I finally got him on the phone to ask him what was going on, he paused, then said: 'Well, Christine, you're 45.' I got rid of him.” WellsSaidAsksActingRolesCallingScriptsPhonesAgentsChristine Author:Christine Ebersole