Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

David Yates

Personally, I read a lot of scripts.

Amber Heard

For the most part I pick movies based on the merit of the script, and the merit of the script only.

Imogen Poots

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

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!

Bette Davis

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

Cary Fukunaga

My manager sent me the first two scripts for 'True Detective,' and I just thought they were so interesting and that the world they were depicting was so titillating to me.

Berenice Bejo

Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest

John C. Reilly

A script is like a theory of a movie.

George Clooney

What I learned is that I should probably read a screenplay every once in a while before I said 'yes'. You could make bad film out of a good script, but you're never going to make a good film out of a bad script.

Malcolm McDowell

There are no great scripts - just great films.

Gavin Hood

One reads many scripts, and some of them are good and some of them are not, but every now and then, one really grabs you. You simply can't put it down.

Orlando Bloom

You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.

Om Puri

What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.

Heather Matarazzo

I just have a belief that when there is a rare script out there that speaks to you, you have to stick with it. You have to.

Helena Bonham Carter

I'm always attracted to lower budget, not because it's lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts.

JoBeth Williams

I was concerned about doing a sequel and repeating myself. That was before I read the script.

Joanne Froggatt

You can have a great script, and it can be a great show, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't take the public's interest.

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.

Greta Scacchi

Once, I had so many scripts coming to me that I could hardly read them all.

Jennifer Garner

You stick to the script, the script is Bible.

Jerry Seinfeld

The padded outfits, the bad scripts, the phony-looking sets... he dealt with it all. He had to. He was Superman.

Jeff Foxworthy

I actually had a chance to be in Delta Farce, but I couldn't do it because I read the script.

Jean-Louis Trintignant

It's never a script that makes me decide to accept a film or not.

Christina Ricci

A director should cast a person who fits into their script.

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.

Famke Janssen

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

Jennifer Coolidge

I read a script and I know immediately whether that role is for me or not.