Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ving Rhames

A lot of times, scripts are written so the character is all one way. Even with 'Bringing Out the Dead,' the character was written a little more generic.

David Hewson

Scripts are very different to books. They are blueprints for building, not the building.

Bette Davis

I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.

Dan Castellaneta

If I were actually Homer Simpson, I'd be getting scripts out the wazoo.

David Yates

Personally, I read a lot of scripts.

Imogen Poots

It is a difficult one, as you get scripts where women are just objects.

David Mamet

The work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script.

David Mamet

Almost all movie scripts contain material that cannot be filmed.

Colin Baker

I never turn down scripts without good reason. If I did, I would probably never work.

Maisie Williams

For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.

Randall Park

As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.

Jesse L. Martin

On TV, you never know where it's going. They may even lie to you about where it's going. You never really know because the scripts come in every couple of weeks or so.

Animation scripts tend to be much more descriptive and are lighter on dialogue.

Bryan Batt

I watch the TV or learn scripts while on the elliptical - need to get back on it!

Michael Jai White

I've sold scripts in the past, and also a TV pilot that didn't get made, to Fox. But yeah, I've been writing for a while.

Famke Janssen

Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasnt in the script. It was something that I came up with.

Gregory Peck

The emotion is the music and the script is the libretto.

Chris O'Dowd

I'm probably working on three different scripts at any time, so there's never a time where I've got nothing to do.

Chris Pine

I find it really hard to even read another script while shooting.

Gena Rowlands

I read the script of [Woman Under the Influence ] 50 times. And I thought about it. And then I did it.

Gena Rowlands

Of course I would change anything if John Cassavetes said so - it's his script. But he was very easy about that.

Jason Statham

I'm not fixed in any genre. I love all kinds of films. The essential thing is; you have to have good material. If you have the filmmaker, and the material, and the script is good, you can start from there.

I have this group of friends that I'll send my scripts to before I send them to a large audience.

Jack Nicholson

I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.

Preity Zinta

Just like a script, you need to keep a business plan to yourself.

Marguerite Moreau

I keep every script from every film that I ever made because it's like a workbook of that time in my life.

Nicholas Jarecki

I've written plenty of scripts that sucked.

Naomi Watts

It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

Kathy Bates

Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.

Ewan McGregor

Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.

Kirsten Dunst

I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker.

Kenneth Williams

I can't stand innuendo. If I see one in a script I whip it out immediately.

Nina Jacobson

Suzanne [Collins] was very involved in the development of the script. She wrote the first draft. She was very involved with Billy Ray, when he wrote his draft.