Quotes About Scripts

When we get involved with other people, the chances of a clash are present even with people we love because we do not have the same scripts in our heads.

It was a joy to be a part of the team that created Round The Horne. I was involved with the show at a time of my life when I was very happy., and that happiness overflowed into the scripts.

Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad.

It is always exciting to receive the scripts before we start on a new series.

I've received some English-speaking scripts, but I was not interested in them.

There are very few parts, and very few scripts, that acknowledge women as sexual beings, or simply just recognise that women have desires.

People recognize me, I have scripts, and auditions. And I meet great people.

Films need a good direction, strong scripts, and hardworking actors. 'Wazir' has all of these.

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean.

Usually when you get a script from actors, you don't have high expectations.

There are two people in the waiting room. One is an extremely thin old man, a retired teacher of French who still gives tuition by correspondence, and who whilst waiting his turn is correcting a pile of scripts with a pencil sharpened to a fine point. On the script he is about to examine, the essay title can be read: In Hell, Raskolnikov meets Meursault ("The Outsider"). Imagine a dialogue between them using material from both novels.

All I do when I write scripts is think about food: 'Have I worked long enough to justify a walk to the kitchen?'

I love to be a working actor, and I love to read scripts as they come in. If I find the script or character that is interesting, I want to transform myself into that character.

I love to read scripts. But I am very happy right now to say that I am a working actor. In this town of Los Angeles, the phrase 'I'm an actor' is overrated. So, I like to say, 'I'm a working actor.'

When you're a working actor you see a lot of scripts all the time, but to get to do something that's really well written it's a rare privilege.

It eventually comes down to the right timing and right scripts. Some may have two to three releases a year, some may have just one - luck changes with every Friday release.

There've been moments where I just was tired of being in L.A. It was very difficult. I mean, you're constantly rejected. And that's OK, it's just really frustrating for me, because I try to read scripts and projects that have really great, deeper, meaningful qualities to them.

One of the funniest things about Mr. Kaufman is that all of his filmed scripts - 'Being John Malkovich,' 'Human Nature,' 'Adaptation' and now 'Sunshine' - sound like titles from REM's 'Reckoning.'

I practice reading all the time. I read everything and having so many scripts to read, which really helps out as well.

I have never turned to my girlfriend and said, Oh, okay, babe, and I see it in scripts all the time.

Most of the time I've worked with directors who write their own scripts. The story is more important to me than the part. The project of the film has always been more important to me.

Actually, every time I am back in New York, I read for as many plays as I can.

Strangely, I always have a lot of cut scenes. I keep writing shorter and shorter scripts, thinking that this time, I'll get all my scenes in.

When you finish writing the scripts they have time to take a breath and think about everything. There's just a little more time to think. Network does not allow for that.