“Not all television scripts are created equal. And the process is ridiculous. They send you a script and want you in the next morning. That's not how acting works. You can do anything to me as an actor; I'm a very resilient guy. Just don't rush me. If you ask me to do it immediately with no time to prepare, I know you have contempt for actors.” IfsKnowsWantGuyNextActorsAsksProcessCan DoActingMorningTelevisionEqualScriptsRidiculousAsk MeContemptResilient Author:Holt McCallany
“When I do a movie, I have the script. I know how it begins and how it ends. I know what my character does and where he's going. If I have ideas I want to express or changes I want to make, there's one guy: the director. It's different in television.” IfsKnowsWantDoeIdeasDifferentEndsCharacterGuyKnow HowTelevisionDirectorsScripts Author:Holt McCallany
“I've always felt that I'm in a spontaneous business and if you script something, if you plan something, it will sound that way.” IfsWayFeltSoundPlansScriptsSpontaneous Author:Al Michaels
“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
“To achieve consistently terrific customer service, you must hire wonderful people who believe in your company's goals, habitually do better than the norm and who will love their jobs; make sure that their ideas and opinions are heard and respected; then give them the freedom to help and solve problems for your customers. Rather than providing rules or scripts, you should ask them to treat the customer as they themselves would like to be treated - which is surely the highest standard.” PeopleGivingShouldBelieveIdeasHelpingProblemJobsAsksGoalCompanyOpinionWonderfulHeardAchieveHighestStandardsTreatsScriptsSolveCustomersTreatedProvidingConsistentlyBelieve In YouNormTerrific Author:Richard Branson
“I can't stand innuendo. If I see one in a script I whip it out immediately.” IfsI CanScriptsWhipsInnuendoWhip It Author:Kenneth Williams
“I would not have made any of my films or written scripts such as Taxi Driver had it not been for Ingmar Bergman, What he has left is a legacy greater than any other director.... I think the extraordinary thing that Bergman will be remembered for, other than his body of work, was that he probably did more than anyone to make cinema a medium of personal and introspective value.” ThinkingMadeBodyFilmValuesLeftGreaterWrittenDirectorsExtraordinaryScriptsMediumsLegacyRememberedCinemaDriversIntrospectiveTaxiExtraordinary ThingsBergman Author:Paul Schrader
“After playing Saffy in 'Ab Fab', I needed to take time out from acting to see if I really wanted to do it. I had been doing it for a very long time and I was being sent the same sort of scripts again and again.” IfsLongWantedActingNeededLong TimeScriptsTake TimeAgain And Again Author:Julia Sawalha
“Twenty-two pages is not a lot of space. Believe me. Having written a bazillion comics, I still find myself more often than nine pages into a script and realizing to my horror that I'm only about a quarter of the way through the story I wanted to tell, and the next thing you know, I'm making fresh coffee and tearing up the floorboards to rewrite.” KnowsWayBelieveStillsTwoBookStoriesWantedNextRealizingSpaceWrittenHorrorPagesTwentiesScriptsCoffeeNineComicQuartersBelieve In MeComic BookTwenty Two Author:Mark Waid
“There are so many talented people in film today. There seem to be poor scripts, but the actors and actresses are very talented.” PeopleSeemsTodayFilmActorsPoorScriptsActressesRamaActors And Actresses Author:Frederick Lenz
“Two weeks ago we couldn't pronounce your name, but you were in the lead in a film that made millions, so we're sending you all these scripts.” MadeTwoFilmNamesMillionsWeekHollywoodScriptsTwo WeeksLead In Author:Cillian Murphy
“Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out.” TryingDoeShowsFunFourCuttingWeekRight NowScriptsRoughWorking ItGood WorkOutlines Author:Aaron Spelling
“I read the script and I really liked it. It was high energy, crazy and it goes to any level to get people nuts and I thought Eve was an interesting character. At first I didn't get her, so it made me want to do the role because I wanted to dive in and see what she was about. On top of that I also wanted to work with Jason Statham because he's an amazing actor.” PeopleWantFirstsMadeCharacterWantedActorsEnergyInterestingLevelsRolesCrazyScriptsNutsJasonInteresting CharactersHigh Energy Author:Amy Smart
“I was a big fan of Joe's film, Narc, so when you hear there's a script coming over from Joe Carnahan, you know it's going to be interesting because he has such a fresh voice.” KnowsBigsFilmVoiceInterestingFansScripts Author:Andy Garcia
“I mean I like most of the films that I've seen that I've been in. Those are the kind of films that I like to see. Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts. Does that make any sense?” ThinkingWellsKindMeanDoeMightFilmChoicesReadingScriptsGet BetterMaking Choices Author:Benicio Del Toro
“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
“To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.'” NeedsFeelsWellsCharacterAsksLeftOffersVery GoodScriptsDialogueTonePlotThis DayTyping Author:John Sayles
“The script was always the most important thing to me and I loved the script. For one thing, I've always admired trees. I just worship them. Think what trees have witnessed, what history, such as living through the Civil War, yet they still survive.” ThinkingStillsImportantWarOne ThingTreeWorshipImportant ThingsScriptsCivil War Author:Kim Novak
“Well, obviously I was excited by the idea that Woody Allen was going to direct it. But at the same time, the script itself and the character was really interesting.” WellsIdeasCharacterInterestingDirectScriptsExcitedReally InterestingWoody Author:Radha Mitchell
“When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.” YearsFirstsWrittenYears AgoScripts Author:Victor Garber
“Our audience is all the girls who made Britney a huge star. Those are the girls who bought the book. I didn't read the book at first. I read the script just to see what I would think of the script and I really liked it.” ThinkingFirstsMadeBookGirlStarsAudienceHugeScripts Author:Virginia Madsen
“And then we've got Blades of Glory, and we've got Brothers Solomon, and I've got a script in development with this guy Chuck Martin who used to write on Arrested, and, you know, we have a few things in various stages of development.” KnowsWritingUsedGuyStageBrotherDevelopmentGloryScriptsVariousThis GuyBladesArrestedChuckSolomonStages Of Development Author:Will Arnett
“I was totally involved in Bobby's World from the time we started the idea to sitting with the artists on how he would look, to the script meetings, the music, the lyrics, the songs.” WorldLooksIdeasArtistSongComedyInvolvedSittingMeetingsScripts Author:Howie Mandel
“In the original draft I was 27 and Peter was 55 in the script. That's not the same as a guy in his 40s and a dad in the end of his 70s. It's a different point in both our lives.” DifferentEndsGuyComedyOur LivesDadOriginalsScriptsPeter Author:Paul Reiser
“It's very, very rare in this business [moviemaking] where a script lands on your lap ready to go.” LandReadyScriptsLap Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“It's easier to direct. If you direct something poorly and re-shoot it the next day, stage it better, make it work better, you have a lot of possibilities. You can edit it in certain ways so that it works, but there's no getting around weaknesses of the script.” IfsWayCertainNextStagePossibilityEasierWeaknessDirectScriptsNext DayEdits Author:Woody Allen
“A film is a living thing. The screenplay is a guideline. You really need to have a good, sound script to know that you have a dramatic structure that's going to work thematically, and to know how one scene will got through another, and to get a sense of character.” KnowsNeedsCharacterFilmSoundKnow HowSceneStructureScriptsDramaticGoing To WorkLiving ThingsScreenplaysGuidelines Author:Jose Padilha
“You're looking for the best way of shooting it, but sometimes the best way of shooting it is changing the script.” WaySometimesScriptsBest WayShooting Author:Jose Padilha
“I've always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it! Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I'd just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.” PeopleIfsGuyEnjoyChanceKnownScriptsAlbumsChances AreOther GuysDrawers Author:Al Yankovic
“I made a point to not read too far ahead with the first six or seven episodes of any show. I would read the outlines, but I didn't really want to read scripts too far in advance because I didn't really want to get ahead of myself, at all. To be honest, I don't have the time to come up with theories.” WantFirstsMadeShowsHonestTheorySixSevenScriptsCome UpBeing HonestEpisodesOutlinesGet Ahead Author:Simon Baker
“We get the scripts before the table read, but I don't look at them until we go into the table read. I don't want to know, when I'm playing a moment in the current episode, what's going to happen because it might change how I'm playing that.” KnowsWantLooksMomentsMightHappensTablesScriptsCurrentsEpisodes Author:John Barrowman
“I write to music, so every script I have has its own playlist. Music just opens me up to the emotions that I'm writing.” WritingEmotionScriptsPlaylists Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.” MindKindEnoughGoalCan DoLaughingComedyToughBraveScriptsHatsMake You LaughHats Off Author:William H. Macy
“I don't even know why, but my entire career is contemporary films. Entire career! There's no period movies - there's one - but there's no period movies, no special effects movies. I just do character studies and so, some of them are gonna bump into each other, but I love the challenge, with a good script. I love the challenge of playing not a very pleasant or attractive character that seduces an audience or wins an audience over by the end.” KnowsEndsCharacterFilmWinningChallengesCareersAudienceStudySpecialEffectsPeriodsScriptsContemporaryAttractivePleasantBumpsSeducingSpecial Effects Author:Michael Douglas
“Every time I do a movie, I'm reading the script, or if it's something I have coming up, I'm reading the script, and I just spend hours and hours and days and weeks and months going over the script and just writing a lot of different ideas down, finding a little dialogue or just coming up with ideas for scenes and moments and all that kind of stuff.” IfsWritingKindLittlesIdeasDifferentMomentsReadingStuffHoursWeekMonthsSceneFindingsScriptsDialogueDifferent Ideas Author:Mark Wahlberg
“The better the script is the more you can commit, but you can only really commit with full confidence when you know the material is as strong as your level of commitment to it and it frees you up.” KnowsStrongLevelsMaterialsCommitmentScriptsCommit Author:James McAvoy
“A script is just a script. A good script can be a bad movie, so easily. It's the process that makes it good. You need a good script, don't get me wrong, but you need all those other things to make a good movie. You really do.” NeedsProcessScriptsGood MovieBad Movies Author:Joel Surnow
“I've never read a script that I've loved equally and differently to the book.” BookScripts Author:Emma Roberts
“It sucks when you read the script and you're like, "No, I liked that guy!" It's hard to read through the scripts sometimes, and just hope that people you like aren't gone. It scares you.” PeopleSometimesHardGuyGoneScriptsScareThat Guy Author:Devon Bostick
“It is great to work on different scripts with different directors who have different styles. You get so much experience from that.” DifferentStyleDirectorsScriptsDifferent Styles Author:Devon Bostick
“It's rare that I've read a script where I'm like, "Oh, my god, it's hilarious!" All you want is a good skeleton and good characters. Then, you can go, "Okay, I can bring a lot to this. I can improvise and I can create something out of this."” WantI CanCharacterOkayScriptsSkeletonsGood Character Author:Nick Swardson
“There's actually a big difference between story and character. A great story doesn't make a great movie. A great script, which defines its moments and characters can become a great movie. You can make a movie that makes a lot of money and it may or may not have great story or great characters.” MayMomentsCharacterStoriesBigsDifferencesScriptsLots Of MoneyGreat Character Author:Kevin Costner
“When you do a rewrite, it's really about serving the director's vision, and what the director needs to go into that script.” NeedsVisionDirectorsScriptsServing Author:Kelly Marcel
“When you pick up a script and you can't stop reading it because it's a real page-turner, that's a good sign.” RealReadingPagesPicksScriptsTurner Author:Karl Urban
“When you're writing a script you have the option to embellish on life or switch the order of events or make it generally more cinematic. I would stick too closely to my own experience and not necessarily think about the fact that it needs to have an event happen. Realising that I could channel my own experience into a story that was slightly more cinematic was a very important moment for me - allowing myself to accept that the kind of screenwriting I'm doing is a work of fiction.” ThinkingNeedsWritingKindImportantMomentsFactsStoriesHappensOrderMy OwnFictionAcceptingEventsSticksScriptsAllowingRealisingScreenwritingCinematicImportant Moments Author:Lena Dunham
“A writer is a performer as well. A writer isn't the literary department. That gets tried on but nothing's a script unless a good writer goes away and does his thing alone.” WellsDoeScriptsDepartmentPerformersGood Writers Author:William Monahan
“It takes so long to write a script, thinking to yourself, "Am I wasting my time? Am I putting everything into this thing that maybe just won't ever exist?" I always think, God, acting is so much easier. At least for acting you have the source material already.” ThinkingWritingLongActingMaterialsSourceEasierScriptsMy TimeWasting My Time Author:Jason Schwartzman
“After you read the script, then you actually just have to be in the moment you're in, in order to make it believable. You can't give it away. You can't tip it off. For me, it's always about being truthful in the moment I'm in. Hopefully, being able to reveal what I'm feeling, you have to believe it.” GivingBelieveMomentsFeelingsAbleOrderScriptsHopefullyTruthfulBelievableBeing Truthful Author:Victor Garber
“It's not often that I get to remember and use phrases like "on out my farm" or "powerful ugly" in modern scripts.” UseRememberPowerfulModernScriptsUglyPhrasesFarms Author:Mark Waid
“When you start out as an actor, you read a script thinking of it at its best. But that's not usually the case in general, and usually what you have to do is you have to read a script and think of it at its worst. You read it going, "OK, how bad could this be?" first and foremost. You cannot make a good film out of a bad script. You can make a bad film out of a good script, but you can't make a good film out of a bad script.” ThinkingFirstsFilmActorsCasesWorstScriptsGood Films Author:George Clooney