Scripts Quotes

I don't like scripts leaking. On the other hand, the more real attention a script gets, the better.

Anytime I'm given scripts where I'm sort of the fantasy girl, it's hard for me because that's not real and I don't think it's a great thing to put out there consistently.

Acting is very competitive. There are few good scripts out there and the ones that are good are very competitive. You look at your options and often times they're not too appealing.

I've never gotten hired for drama because I'm a good improviser. I don't think people who write drama scripts want you playing with them as much.

Some reviewer might be out there saying, obviously Edge of Darkness didn't come off because of the script, blah blah blah, but everybody has read the script, except the journalist attacking it.

I am not just sitting and reading everything because honestly sometimes the scripts that appeal to me are projects that are not good projects, but I just really like the script or the characters.

Writing is a hard gig, and it's hard to convey a lot. That's why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten.

Some scripts are pretty sparse.

I used to write stories and poetry, but for some reason I have it in my head that if I'm going to write, I have to write a script.

I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite.

Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.

I was really not familiar at all with Edward Snowden. I like to get that right out of the way and really learned most of what I know from Oliver's [Stones] script.

I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have to take off the writer hat and let the director direct.

Music is for theater like theater is for scripts. It's total: it's cyclical.

I wrote a lot when I was younger, though never anything like plays or scripts.

I get a trickling few scripts that I'm lucky enough that some of them are great. I don't get loads of scripts.

I could cover the gamut. It's cool though you go in for an hour, read the script, leave and you got a check.

The moment that you start to read a script, you're watching the movie in your mind, and that's the one moment that you have. Then, you go off to make the movie and you become so lost in it.

Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.

Lot of the scripts I've been in with other non-white actors haven't been great. Lot of non-white actors ain't all that great.

I write my scripts short and they develop on the set, which I have found a far better premise both economically and practically.

I tend to look for a great script.

How can I change me to suit the script?

My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it.

My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work.

When you pick up a script you want to do you generally have a theme you're trying to work with, and then it expands from that.

I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the characters.

If I feel like it's a well-written script and if it speaks to me, it's something I want to do. I usually rely on my instincts when it comes to a script.

It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.

Only a few of us will admit it, but actors will sometimes read a script like this: bullshit...bullshit...my part...blah, blah, blah...my part...bullshit.

I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.

To be fair to ourselves, in almost every original script, the timing is actually worked out down to the minute.

It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.

I read every script from beginning to end, and I read every draft that I can. I like the show, I like the character, and I want to protect both of those things.

I'm always trying to work on scripts. I'm pretty selective. Sometimes maybe too much because I'm broke .

When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.

I get so excited about reading a new script.

We need new cultural scripts. Women don't say what we want, and we don't say what we don't want. Unless we're reacting to a stranger, we generally aren't great at turning down someone's advance.

For years, I was often afraid to speak up when I didn't fully understand a script. I'd tie myself in knots.

I wonder if I would have been capable of producing anything if I worked in a more conventional way with a prewritten script, because I'm of the procrastinator class.

Stephen Moyer is probably the most gracious, gifted actor that Ive met. Hes really intelligent. He has a real sensitivity to his character, to scenes, to scripts.

I think when you're looking for scripts or for characters around your own age, a lot of the times they don't have the kind of responsibility that is usually seen in parts that are older for you.

Stand-up is really personal. It's not like somebody else is writing the script and you have to do what they write.

I can't imagine being invested in someone else's script.

To do someone else's script? I don't think I'd have a reason.

It's very rare to have rehearsal time on a television show: You get scripts, you show up, and you do it.

I read so many scripts, that I don't do that much leisurely reading of books.

I can't imagine directing from someone else's script.

Every single time I read a script I'm breathless as I turn the pages.

Ensure that your script is watertight. If it's not on the page, it will never magically appear on the screen.