“Sometimes as an actor you're struggling to make things work. That was never the case for me with [Big Little Lies script]. It just kind of flowed out.” KindLittlesSometimesBigsLyingActorsCasesStruggleScripts Author:Nicole Kidman
“I felt like the script [of "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore"] was so clear. It was sort of packed full of information. [Macon Blair] puts in a lot of discussion in the script. Characters are introduced very thoughtfully. The way he described walking into particular environments was very specific.” WorldWayFeelsCharacterHomeFeltClearEnvironmentInformationThis WorldParticularWalkingScriptsDiscussionBlair Author:Melanie Lynskey
“I think there's so many little specific things in the script [of "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore"]. And the script was also structured so beautifully that I didn't want to mess with it.” ThinkingWorldWantFeelsLittlesHomeThis WorldScriptsMess Author:Melanie Lynskey
“There's a rhythm to script [ in "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore"], as well, especially the pacing of it. But there definitely were times when I would say something and [ Macon Blair] would say, "I didn't think to deliver it like that" or, "I didn't think it had that meaning." And he'd say, "I like it. I think it's good." So he's open. He's not battering it into you.” ThinkingWorldFeelsWellsHomeThis WorldScriptsRhythmBlairPacingBattering Author:Melanie Lynskey
“["I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore" ] really jumped off the page. And there were so many specific notes within the context of the script. Music cues, for instance.” WorldFeelsHomeThis WorldPagesNotesScriptsInstance Author:Elijah Wood
“A lot of people have an opinion on scripts, but they aren't equipped to diagnose what the problems are. You realize that scriptwriting is such a specialist subject, but because it's so common, everyone thinks that they can talk about that. I think it's something that writers only know, that they can see.” PeopleThinkingKnowsProblemRealizingCommonOpinionSubjectsScriptsSpecialists Author:Daniel Kaluuya
“I don't think writing stops until the film is out. In the edit, it's another draft. [The script] is the food for set, and then the set is food for the edit, and the edit is food for the screen. It's constant, and this is just the first stage of it.” ThinkingWritingFirstsFilmStageConstantScriptsScreensEdits Author:Daniel Kaluuya
“The creation of a film starts with an idea, a notion of a time period or characters, and you get really excited about the idea, and sell it to others if you need their support to write the script. You can't wait to get started, and then you try to start, and you struggle with the blank page, and you get some ideas, and they're bad ideas, and you write bad stuff. It's really bad.” IfsNeedsWritingTryingIdeasCharacterFilmStuffWaitingSupportStruggleCreationPeriodsPagesSellsNotionScriptsExcitedBlankGet RealBad IdeasBlank PagesTime PeriodsBad Stuff Author:Whit Stillman
“As an actor, I've learned to become a detective. You have to figure out who that person is. If the character is a thief, you have to figure out what makes them a thief. Whatever the prevailing idiosyncrasy is, I have to find it in the script.” IfsPersonsCharacterActorsFiguresScriptsI've LearnedThievesDetectivesPrevailingIdiosyncrasies Author:Octavia Spencer
“When I'm working with another writer, I tend to make a lot of effort. When I collaborate with a writer, I'm not interested in credit, but I'm feeding him stuff all the time that I feel is important to shaping the script.” FeelsImportantStuffEffortScriptsCreditNot InterestedFeeding Author:Oliver Stone
“Usually, the biggest hang-up is the script. You could have a script done in six months that you love, or it could be like The Fantastic Four it's been almost 10 years.” YearsDoneFourMonthsSixScriptsFantasticSix MonthsHang UpsFantastic Four Author:Stan Lee
“Once you get the script, you then hope you can get the director that you want. Then you hope he can get the cast he wants. Again, you can go quickly or there can be a million stumbling blocks. There's just no way to know.” KnowsWayWantMillionsDirectorsScriptsCastsBlockStumblingStumbling Blocks Author:Stan Lee
“Music and movie scripts are books. You want to be literally moved and that's the sort of things I look for.” WantLooksBookMovedScripts Author:Tim McGraw
“I'd already rehearsed it [ Don't Kill It script ] for the first time it was supposed to happen and the second time. That was a blessing in disguise because the character [Jebediah Woodley] grew a little bit in me.” FirstsLittlesCharacterHappensBitsGrewBlessingLittle BitFirst TimeScriptsDisguiseBlessings In Disguise Author:Dolph Lundgren
“The script is a starting point, not a fixed highway. I must look through the camera to see if what I've written on the page is right or not. In the script, you describe imagined scenes, but it's all suspended in mid-air. Often, an actor viewed against a wall or a landscape, or seen through a window, is much more eloquent than the lines you've given him. So then you take out the lines. This happens often to me and I end up saying what I want with a movement or a gesture.” IfsWantLooksEndsHappensActorsGivenLinesWrittenAirMovementWallScenePagesWindowCamerasStartingScriptsLandscapeFixedGesturesHighwaysEloquentStarting PointSuspended Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“The script is simply a series of notes for the film.” FilmSeriesNotesScripts Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“I've always played down the drama in my films. In my main scenes, there's never an opportunity for an actor to let go of everything he's got inside. I always try to tone down the acting, because my stories demand it, to the point where I might change a script so that an actor has no opportunity to come out well.” TryingWellsStoriesMightFilmActorsOpportunityActingDramaSceneDemandLetting GoScriptsTone Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“When I'd read the script [The Man], [ Eugene Levy] that's who I'd seen in my mind. When I ran into him, I said to him, 'I read the script. You'd be great.' He had no idea what I was talking about. Then, we saw each other again in London. He'd read it and was enthused about it.” MenMindSaidIdeasTalkingSawsHe ManScriptsLondonNo IdeaRan Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“There are tons of stories out there. I read a lot of scripts on a weekly basis. I'm looking for stories to tell and stories that I hope will be interesting to an audience.” StoriesInterestingAudienceBasesScripts Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“When I saw the script [of The Man], I saw the character and knew I could do the character. It's a relationship movie, which is also what I love to do. That's what attracts me to projects.” MenCharacterSawsHe ManProjectsScripts Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“I don't get the great story line, action, mystery scripts; I get comedies. And relationship comedies are what I do. It's what attracted me to American Pie.” StoriesActionLinesComedyMysteryScriptsPieAmerican Pie Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“I met [ Samuel L. Jackson ] for the first time on The Today Show. He came out of an elevator. I was promoting A Mighty Wind and he was promoting something else. He said, "I hear we're going to be working together." I said, "On what?" He said, 'The Man.' I hadn't heard his name mentioned before. I made a few calls and found out he had the script and was interested. That was it.” MenFirstsMadeSaidShowsTodayTogetherFoundNamesHeardHe ManWindMetsFirst TimeScriptsWorking TogetherPromotingElevatorsMighty WindSamuel L Jackson Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“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
“Those are the rules. To improvise in a movie with other people, when they're following a script, everybody has to know what's going on. I think a line or two we might change. Certainly, I do. But I wouldn't call it improvising. I'd call it fudging the lines.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTwoMightLinesScriptsFollowingImprovising Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“Hillary Clinton is a dead fish when it comes to being entertaining and alive. Without a prompter and a written script, she's nothing.” AliveWrittenClintonScriptsFishesEntertaining Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My mother was a cracker jack typist. And she would come in and sit at my house and type the final type script before I would then send it to the publisher. And it was nice for us.” MotherHouseNiceTypeFinalsScriptsPublishersCrackers Author:Judy Blume
“I was sent the script [of Havenhurst ], and I was out of town at the time, so I did a site meeting with Andrew [Erin]. It was so bizarre. I was staying in a hotel at the time, and the night before the meeting with Andrew, I learned there was a ghost in the hotel.” NightTownsMeetingsScriptsGhostHotelStayingSiteBizarreAndrewErin Author:Julie Benz
“I read the script [Havenhurst] and I went to bed, but I woke up because somebody had knocked on my door. Or at least it seemed like somebody knocked on my door at, like, 4 in the morning.” MorningDoorsBedScripts Author:Julie Benz
“Having just read the script [Havenhurst] and then add having seen a ghost, I went to Andrew [Erin], and I was, like, "Okay, I have to do this movie. I just have to! I don't know why, but I just have to do it." And I ended up getting the role.” KnowsRolesOkayAddScriptsGhostAndrewErin Author:Julie Benz
“When I first auditioned for Dexter... Well, I was sent the script, and I read it and loved it, and I knew right away that it was going to be a hit because it's the type of programming that I like to watch. It's that very morally ambiguous thing where you find yourself rooting for someone who's really an awful person, but... is he doing good? You're constantly calling into question your own moral code. I love that as an audience member.” FirstsWellsPersonsMoralWatchesAudienceTypeCallingMembersScriptsAwfulCodeProgrammingFinding YourselfDoing GoodAmbiguousMoral Code Author:Julie Benz
“If a script has that affect on me during a reading, then it is definitely a film I want to be part of.” IfsWantFilmReadingScripts Author:Aamir Khan
“I don't think fast enough on my feet in terms of the writing to change the script too much when I'm shooting it. I like to have it set and done and know that I feel good about it and I might add a few lines here and there while we're shooting, if I think of a new joke, I might toss it in, but for the most part, I try to stick to the written script and have all the latitude exist within that.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingTryingDoneEnoughMightTermLinesToo MuchWrittenFeetJokesAddSticksScriptsFeel GoodShootingHere And ThereTossI Feel GoodLatitude Author:Kenneth Lonergan
“The thing is that I don't normally think in terms of manga when I'm writing. Sounds odd from someone who has is getting a reputation for doing manga related work. But I would say that my scripts are NOT manga at the stage of my writing process, they are just comic book stories in a more general sense.” ThinkingWritingBookStoriesProcessSoundTermStageScriptsReputationComicOddRelatedComic BookWriting Process Author:Sean Michael Wilson
“I love reading scripts and offering notes and opinions. I'd like to be an advocate for the emerging filmmakers whom I'm working with.” ReadingOpinionNotesScriptsFilmmakerOfferingEmergingLove Of Reading Author:Barbara Crampton
“There were [in Wilson] a lot of clues in it that you don't normally get, you know, normally you use your imagination or whatever, you get some clues in the script, of course, but yeah, it was really helpful, and I really like the graphic novel. There's stuff in there, there's a couple things in there I really wanted to use that they couldn't get in the movie, but it's definitely, he's a unique guy, you know, I never read a character like this before.” KnowsCharacterUseWantedGuyCoursesStuffImaginationNovelCoupleUniqueYeahScriptsHelpfulClueGraphicWilsonGraphic NovelsCouple Things Author:Woody Harrelson
“I have a suspicion, because if you look at the whole, all the [Star Wars ] movies, the backlog of every one of these movies, there's a lot of great stuff, but one might not be not as good with the writing in this or the acting in that or the directing in that, this has great actors, great directors, great script, and I really feel like we're gonna make the best one [movie with Young Han Solo].” IfsFeelsWritingLooksWarWholeMightYoungActorsStarsStuffActingDirectorsScriptsSuspicionSoloGreat ActorsWar MovieStar Wars Movie Author:Woody Harrelson
“I mean, yeah, Anne Fletcher was a choreographer, but she was born to be a director. You need to have the ability to figure out people's rhythms. It all starts from the script.” PeopleNeedsMeanBornAbilityFiguresDirectorsYeahScriptsRhythmChoreographers Author:Sandra Bullock
“I didn't watch any films. This film, The Proposal, had it all in the script. Once all the pieces, once I met Anne Fletcher and I knew what she wanted and that we wanted the same things, and once they said Ryan Reynolds was on board and once the casting came together, you saw what it wanted to be.” SaidWantedTogetherFilmWatchesSawsPiecesMetsScriptsBoardsThey SaidCastingProposal Author:Sandra Bullock
“In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just going to hand me a script to direct.” HandsWantedSchoolFilmFoundDirectorsDirectScriptsDamnFilm School Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“Whatever character you're playing you have to complete the entire interior infrastructure, whatever it is - but what gets divulged or what people completely understand depends on the script and what you decide to show. But you have to know it.” PeopleKnowsCharacterShowsDependsScriptsInteriorsInfrastructure Author:Jason Patric
“The script is really always the main attraction, and then there's whether there is an interesting character and great people around you. Those are the key elements that I look for.” PeopleLooksCharacterInterestingKeysElementsScriptsAttractionGreat PeopleInteresting Characters Author:Rupert Grint
“Living here in California, I think one of the scariest things about California is the fact that it is rewriting its script and changing constantly and so many people don't know who they will be and who they will be with a year from now.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsFactsScriptsCaliforniaRewriting Author:Pico Iyer
“I think every job you have to lie to get. You always say how wonderful it all is, that it's an amazing script - "I love you, you're such a great director." I think every actor does that.” ThinkingDoeJobsLyingActorsWonderfulLove YouDirectorsScripts Author:Travis Fimmel
“I think being on a show like Game of Thrones for six years, I've gone through that whole hype thing, and I know that it doesn't do you any good creatively. You've just got to stay focused on the character and the script and your work. As humble and as grateful as I am for so many people watching it, and that there's so much love and attention, it's best for my own sanity and creativeness to try and keep that at bay.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingYearsWholeCharacterShowsGamesMy OwnAttentionGoneSixGratefulScriptsHumbleFocusedSanityThronesHypeStay FocusedMuch LoveCreativeness Author:Finn Jones
“There are some filmmakers like the Coen brothers that are very precise. They make shooting boards, they do it shot by shot, and they follow every single line in their own script. They make amazing movies, and I admire them so much, but I can't do that. I have no idea how the movie will exactly be. While shooting, I just try to create an accident that I don't control very well - grabbing things from different sources and ideas, and then having a sensation somewhere that it will make sense.” TryingWellsI CanIdeasDifferentLinesBrotherSourceShotsScriptsAccidentsAdmireShootingNo IdeaMake SenseBoardsFilmmakerSensationsPreciseGrabbingCoen BrothersExactly IsSingle Line Author:Pablo Larrain
“I don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not. When I read a script, I have to see the funny, and if I can see it's funny, it helps me to be able to transmit that.” IfsThinkingI CanHelpingAbleComedyScriptsHelp MeTransmit Author:Jessica Walter
“I loved Married With Children. That was the job that against all odds - you know, when I first read the script, I thought, "No one will ever watch this, but I think this is so fun." So I was really happy to be involved in it. And we laughed every single day. It was the funniest 11 years. We really, really enjoyed it.” ThinkingKnowsYearsFirstsChildrenJobsFunWatchesInvolvedMarriedScriptsEnjoyedLaughedOddsReally HappyAgainst All OddsMarried With Children Author:Katey Sagal
“Acting in particular is a fun job when you have a good script. I don't know about acting when you don't have a great script. I'm gonna say that's not a great job, it's kind of a dumb job. But when you have a good part in a good script, it's the best job, in a way.” KnowsWayKindJobsFunActingParticularScriptsDumbBest JobGreat Job Author:Bob Odenkirk
“I don't like things to be overcharged, because otherwise everyone starts getting nervous. I try to be very well organized. When I write the script, everything is already in there, like the decoupage.” WritingTryingWellsScriptsNervousOrganized Author:Eugene Green