Quotes About Scripts

I didn't have to leave my neighborhood to be surrounded by the things that 'Super Fly' is about. It was easier than most scripts because it was about an environment that I knew.

Earlier, if I gave three to four flops continuously, I survived because there was not much competition. But now the scenario has changed and it's always better to choose good scripts.

Like any other actor, I want to work with good directors, and I always look for good scripts. I've had to say no to some people; I suspect that's the reason I'm called arrogant.

I would get scripts about 'a young swinging bachelor on the make,' and I said, 'No, I've done that.'

I never do any television without chocolate. That's my motto and I live by it. Quite often I write the scripts and I make sure there are chocolate scenes. Actually I'm a bit of a chocolate tart and will eat anything. It's amazing I'm so slim.

Walking down the path of dreams, inner-self and listening to your heart are all different names given to your hidden scripts.

I've been getting a lot of science fiction scripts which contained variations on my 'Star Trek' character and I've been turning them down. I strongly feel that the next role I do, I should not be wearing spandex.

Even if it's not always the best markup, what are Facebook and Twitter? They're web standards with some scripts. They may not validate, but they're still CSS layouts and simple markup, and that's great!

The kind of scripts I have read for web shows have been outstanding.

A lot of the websites built through the 1990s used Perl. The first webmaster of Sun Microsystems coined a wonderful phrase. He said Perl is the duck tape of the Internet - it's this language that people would write all these scripts that make things just work.

I really hate people that spoil stuff by putting scripts online. I don't mind so much people that do movie spoilers when the movie is out in the theater. If you haven't gotten there the first weekend, it's on you to not read reviews or anything. But to put up screenplay reviews just kills me.

'Police Story' had some of the best writing on television, and one reason for that is because most of the scripts were based on real cases.

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

Pilot season's such a strange time. You get such a concentrated amount of scripts. A lot of them become white noise after a while. When something really pops, it becomes apparent very quickly. I'm quite instinctive about that. I know, normally by about 10 pages in, whether I want to do something or not.

Like any other actor, I also look for good scripts and want to portray some memorable characters on screen.

Sometimes you just dread reading scripts; it's like the chef who doesn't want to cook at home.

Reading scripts or commercial copy isn't a problem for me, so I can really focus on the acting instead of it being secondary.

It's all about good scripts and roles that count. The language barrier does not make any difference for me.

My deal with Marvel is I have a consulting deal with them as well as a contract to make 'Avengers.' That means I'll read all the scripts, I'll look at cuts.

I put steam on the table by being an actor. That is how I live. The longer I live, the more expensive it becomes. So I do my work. And I can't be immensely picky. How many beautiful scripts come in one's lifetime? I have had more than anybody, practically.

After my film 'The Tale of Two Sisters,' I received a lot of offers from Hollywood to direct, but because 'A Tale of Two Sisters' was a horror film, I received a lot of horror films. But I wasn't interested in working in the same genre, and the scripts I received for films in different genres were for projects that were near completion.

I am very happy to be working with so many talented directors and writers, who are penning scripts that are interesting for me.

Reality TV finds talented people. There are no scripts. The editing is what it's all about. Great editing makes those shows.

As a producer, I want to back projects, talents, and scripts that speak to me not just as someone from the industry, but as an audience.