“I've really been very focused on 'Jessica Jones.' Our series was well on its way to being created by the time we even saw scripts from 'Daredevil,' and 'Luke Cage' didn't even have a showrunner hired then. Jeph Loeb [Marvel TV boss] is the master of the connective tissue, but each series exists in its own world.” WorldWayWellsSawsMastersTvsSeriesScriptsFocusedBossCagesLukeTissuesJessicaDaredevilJessica Jones Author:Melissa Rosenberg
“You can always find ways to make it different, as long as it's a really well-written script and well-written character.” WayWellsLongDifferentCharacterWrittenScriptsWell Written Author:Georgina Haig
“Because I've been at it so long and very steadily, I have a lot of credits, but I probably have twice as many scripts that were never made for whatever reason.” LongMadeReasonScriptsCredit Author:Brian Helgeland
“In my own experience, the scripts that I wrote, if they didn't go within two years and become a film, they never went and no one ever came looking for them.” IfsYearsTwoFilmMy OwnScriptsTwo Years Author:Brian Helgeland
“It's always once the script's done in the first two years if it doesn't get going somehow or another, I've never had an old script that someone's made later on.” IfsYearsFirstsMadeTwoDoneScriptsTwo Years Author:Brian Helgeland
“I sort of have a dog-minded single strategy but I am a little more open to stuff that's out there, now and looking at scripts in the world and seeing if something that already exists can spark my interest and my curiosity.” IfsWorldLittlesStuffInterestSeeingDogStrategyCuriosityScriptsSparks Author:Todd Haynes
“When Kirk dies it was very emotional and very strange, in the moment and all the way through the process. I'd read it in the script and I'd always be struck by what I'd just done and what we were doing, and that this was my childhood hero and I was writing his death.” WayWritingDoneMomentsDiesProcessChildhoodEmotionalStrangeHeroScriptsKirk Author:Ronald D. Moore
“I think that's all you can hope for as an actor when you read a script; that after the first thirty pages it has some meaning to it.” ThinkingFirstsActorsPagesScriptsThirty Author:Cary Elwes
“Here's the thing - you can't be careful about what you pick because what looks like on paper is going to be a great script has often turned out to be a disaster, so there's no way to know what's going to work or to pick the right thing.” KnowsWayLooksPaperPicksScriptsCarefulDisasterRight ThingBe CarefulGoing To Work Author:Halle Berry
“I'll put it this way, there was no C.P. Kennedy, there was no Dwight Dickham, we never went in the courtroom. That was the script I got. The affliction that the judge is suffering from was completely different.” WayDifferentSufferingJudgingScriptsAfflictionCourtroomDwight Author:Susan Downey
“Every single time I read a script I'm breathless as I turn the pages.” TurnsPagesScriptsBreathless Author:Naomi Grossman
“I feel like, as a filmmaker, I'm at my strongest when I write the script and when it comes from me, out of whole cloth. My best work has always been self-generated.” FeelsWritingSelfWholeScriptsFilmmakerStrongestBest Work Author:David Ayer
“I think there's something fun about television where, as an actor, when you read the script each week, it's like how the audience experiences watching the show each week.” ThinkingShowsActorsFunAudienceWeekTelevisionScripts Author:Matt Barr
“It's fun to get the script every Monday morning and go, "Cool!" I'm a professional actor, but I'm also a professional story lover. I get off on that thrill.” StoriesActorsFunMorningLoversScriptsThrillMondayMonday Morning Author:Matt Barr
“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
“It's always so much fun to create backstory. Even if there are more clues in the script, you still always have to invent a lot for yourself. I think that comes naturally.” IfsThinkingStillsFunScriptsClue Author:Jane Levy
“I didn't really know much about the Houdinis when I started. As soon as they sent me the script, I wanted to find out everything I could about Bess. Luckily, I have a really wonderful friend named Michael Mitnick, who's a writer. He was a magician as a child, and that led him to the theater, which led to drama school, and he writes films now. Magic was really his thing, growing up, so he put me in touch with his magic teacher who is a real Houdini expert.” KnowsWritingChildrenRealWantedSchoolFilmGrowing UpTeacherGrowingWonderfulMagicDramaTheaterScriptsExpertsMagicianWonderful FriendsHoudini Author:Kristen Connolly
“I saw a lot of that. It made me uncomfortable. He's been studying me. We don't just sit down and talk, he's actually studying me. It makes me a little uncomfortable being under that microscope. But I think Eric [Bana] immured himself wight he script and is doing what he needed to do” ThinkingLittlesMadeStudySawsNeededDown AndScriptsUncomfortableEricMicroscopes Author:Ralph Sarchie
“The way it works in commercials is they come to you with the script and then you do the visual, you do the storyboards, and you give your vision of it, but it's very much their baby. You just kind of put your polish and sheen on it, and you're interpretation of it, but it's very much the agency's idea.” WayGivingKindIdeasVisionBabyScriptsAgencyVisualsInterpretationPolish Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I don't think the written word is important in movies anymore and the really great movies are done by great directors who in many cases write their own scripts. I think it's gotten to be more of a visual thing than an audible thing.” ThinkingWritingImportantDoneCasesWrittenDirectorsScriptsVisualsReally GreatWritten Word Author:Anita Loos
“Obviously the highest pressure scene, I guess it might've been a tie - what was the bigger death, Tyrion with Shae, Tyrion wth Twyin, and then Joffrey were all scenes where I wanted to deliver what was in the script married to what fans will be expecting, and it was a lot of pressure and I'm really glad it's over.” MightWantedFansSceneMarriedHighestBiggerPressureScriptsGladTiesExpectingTyrion Author:Alex Graves
“There weren't any deleted scenes, it was just a matter of tightening stuff. I didn't have any deleted scenes in what I did as far as I know. It's very unusual on Game of Thrones for there to be a deleted scene because the scripts are pretty locked in. There's rarely a reason to say, "Hey, we don't need this scene."” KnowsNeedsMatterReasonGamesStuffSceneScriptsHeyUnusualLockedThrones Author:Alex Graves
“I got sent the script [ Before I Go To Sleep] as usually happens and you have a little look. I know it's a bit of a cliché, but it was absolutely a page turner. I mean, I wanted to find out what happened next.” KnowsLooksMeanLittlesHappensWantedNextBitsSleepHappenedPagesScriptsGoing To SleepTurner Author:Mark Strong
“[Before I Go To Sleep] script was a great journey with all the twists and turns that were kind of unexpected. I had to finish the script, and I thought if we can emulate this in the film, it's going to be a really good film.” IfsKindFilmTurnsSleepJourneyScriptsUnexpectedTwistsGoing To SleepEmulateGood FilmsTwists And TurnsGreat Journeys Author:Mark Strong
“For me, it was the challenge of doing a movie that is in one location. Usually, there are a few scripts obviously always going around with stories that happen in one location.” StoriesHappensChallengesScriptsLocation Author:Jaume Collet-Serra
“When you finish writing the scripts they have time to take a breath and think about everything. There's just a little more time to think. Network does not allow for that.” ThinkingWritingLittlesDoeBreathsScriptsMore TimeTime To Think Author:Alex Graves
“I used to dance a lot when I was younger. And I didn't want to stop doing it. I auditioned for drama school and then, luckily, I got my first job. There was never really a particular moment, more like moments of "I love this," or scripts that you read, or films that you watch, or plays that you see, that make you want to keep doing it.” WantFirstsPlayMomentsSchoolJobsFilmUsedWatchesParticularDramaScripts Author:Jenna Coleman
“For me, each film, each script is like a little journey in itself, and I'm reinventing the wheel. It's like how do I make this film. That's part of the pleasure and that's why I'm not a normal professional director.” LittlesFilmPleasureJourneyDirectorsNormalScriptsWheelsReinventing Author:Pawel Pawlikowski
“When I write my scripts, there's a point at which if I'm not starting to see them visually, I feel like I'm kind of cheating. So my scripts are laden with a lot of visual description, which makes them not so much fun to read - I kind of weigh them down.” IfsFeelsWritingKindFunStartingScriptsVisualsDescriptionCheating Author:Todd Haynes
“In the end, whether I write the script or, in this case, somebody else did, there's a point where you let it go when you're making a movie. You just have to. The thing that you shoot is not what you imagined in your head - it never is exactly that. And it shouldn't be.” WritingEndsCasesScriptsLet It Go Author:Todd Haynes
“I screen tested for Training Day many years ago, which was David Ayer's script with Antoine Fuqua directing.” YearsTrainingYears AgoScriptsScreensTested Author:Joe Manganiello
“Read the script as a fan and try to create this community in your head. That's the thing that a lot of people tend to forget - it's not just about your character. Even if you're a lead, you're still supporting the supporting the entire story.” PeopleIfsTryingStillsCharacterStoriesCommunityForgetFansScriptsForget It Author:Chris Zylka
“Normally, when I read a script, it takes me two and a half hours. I usually put it down and come back to it. So, I know if I can read a script in one sitting, it's a fantastic script.” IfsKnowsI CanTwoHoursHalfSittingDown AndScriptsFantasticTake MeHalf HoursI Can Read Author:Katee Sackhoff
“Lego was our fourth film, because we did two Cloudys, so yeah there's a little bit of shorthand that's involved and then you can anticipate things- because for me it's like, I get a script for a movie and I go, "Wow that's a pretty good script", then you sign on and a couple months later they show you the first cut and you're like, "Whoa, how did that happen?"” FirstsLittlesTwoShowsHappensFilmBitsCuttingMonthsCoupleInvolvedLittle BitYeahScriptsWowFourthAnticipateShorthandLegos Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“In high school, my friend and I discovered that your cable-access station had to let you do whatever you wanted - it was like the Wild West. We made a couple weird things, like a tribute to the Zucker brothers, where we had a panel discussion about the Naked Gun movies. We wrote a script and made jokes that I'm sure were terrible and showed clips of The Naked Gun without permission.” MadeWantedSchoolBrotherCoupleTerribleJokesGunHigh SchoolMy FriendsWestScriptsAccessNakedDiscussionStationsPermissionCablesTributeWeird ThingsClipWild West Author:Michael Schur
“Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.” WritingActorsScriptsGreat ActorsGreat Writing Author:Andy Garcia
“Of course, when you work with actors and when you work on a script everything that you know about the human experience can't possibly go in.” KnowsHumansCoursesActorsScriptsHuman Experience Author:Deniz Gamze Erguven
“Actually, I'm reading a lot of my scripts. When I'm working on something, it's hard to find time. You're always prepping new material. You don't want to be buried in a book. It splits your focus a little bit.” WantLittlesBookHardReadingBitsFocusMaterialsLittle BitScriptsBuriedSplits Author:Justin Theroux
“Once you are shooting a movie, even if it's your own script, you have to let it go at a certain point. That's true for every film. It breaks up into phases where the thing that you have in front of you is the thing you have to address, and you can't worry about what you imagined a scene was going to like and that it came out differently, because that's what you have to make work.” IfsFilmCertainBreakWorryFrontsSceneScriptsShootingAddressesPhasesLet It Go Author:Todd Haynes
“The test for me, when I read other people's scripts, is whether I feel like there's something about me that is the best person to tell this story. I have a pretty high bar for myself. There's a lot of scripts that I read and think, "Oh, this is great, but I think there are 50 other directors who could bring this to the cinema."” PeopleThinkingFeelsPersonsStoriesDirectorsTestsScriptsBarsCinemaBest Person Author:Francesca Gregorini
“I love making the backstory for myself. I think it's important. Every part I play, I work on the backstory. If it's fully written out in the script, or there are intimations of it in the script, fine. If not, fine, no problem. I'll fill it in, or I'll create what it is.” IfsThinkingImportantPlayProblemWrittenFineScriptsNo ProblemLove Making Author:Jeffrey DeMunn
“Most of the guys like sticking to the script and doing just what's written. If they're exploring, they're exploring ways of doing the script.” IfsWayGuyWrittenScriptsExploring Author:Jon Turteltaub
“It's an ongoing process, in the script, on the set and in the editing room, to make sure you are being true to the emotion of the film without turning it into a melodrama, and making sure you're getting all the laughs you can without it turning into just some stupid comedy.” FilmProcessRoomsEmotionLaughingComedyStupidScriptsBeing TrueEditingOngoingMelodrama Author:Jon Turteltaub
“The role always attracts me. Sometimes I can read something and I can barely see the rest of the script.” I CanSometimesRolesScriptsI Can Read Author:Brigid Brannagh
“But when you get to know a character so well, you start to have insights that you can't show because you're confined to your script of your hit show.” KnowsWellsCharacterShowsScriptsInsightConfined Author:John Lloyd Young
“I think it's very rare, as an actor, that you get to a script, or an idea of a script, and you go, "Oh, I just have to do that!" It fell into place very quickly.” ThinkingIdeasActorsScripts Author:Oliver Jackson-Cohen
“It was just hilarious how my first reaction was, "Oh, no, it's another vampire show. I'm not interested." And then, I read the script and thought it was brilliant.” FirstsShowsScriptsBrilliantReactionsVampireNot Interested Author:Oliver Jackson-Cohen