Quotes and Sayings About Scripts
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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.
-- Aaron Sorkin -
Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.
-- Aaron Stanford -
A script is not a piece of literature it's a process.
-- Abel Ferrara -
As far as I know, if you take your time, write a good script and make a good film, then give the audience time, they will accept it.
-- Ajay Devgan -
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I've always felt that I'm in a spontaneous business and if you script something, if you plan something, it will sound that way.
-- Al MichaelsSource : "Miracle On Ice: One-on-One with Al Michaels, 30 Years Later". Interview with Darren Rovell, www.cnbc.com. February 22, 2010.
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There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare's.
-- Al Pacino -
I like, for instance, 'Serpico.' I enjoyed playing Serpico because Frank Serpico was there. He existed. He was a real life person and I could - I could embody him. I could, you know, I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It's almost like a painter having a model to become.
-- Al Pacino -
There is no such thing as a good script, onlya good film, and I'm conscious that my scripts often read better than they play.
-- Alan BennettSource : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.
-- Alejandro Amenabar -
Whether I'm interested [in something] or not, step one is read the script and figure out if a character is someone I'd want to explore or not.
-- Alexander SkarsgardSource : Source: www.gq.com
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To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.
-- Alfred HitchcockSource : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
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But you're not necessarily ever going to be handed a script where you can say: it's all done and perfect
-- Alison Lohman -
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The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up.
-- Amanda Peet -
There are definitely reasons to do certain things, but I like to stick to good director, good actor, good script.
-- Amanda Seyfried -
If the story's interesting and it's a compelling script, I'd be thrilled to be a part of it.
-- Andre Braugher -
I always get quite close to my script because I work quite hard on them.
-- Andrea Arnold -
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When I started out, nobody gave me scripts, so I had to write.
-- Ang Lee -
I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.
-- Anjelica Huston -
The first thing that attracts me to any script is the writing. If I find myself becoming lost in a good yarn, then I feel certain that others will, too.
-- Anne-Marie Duff -
I love Marlon Brando and James Dean. That was when it was all about the star and the script. Nowadays, everything has to be action-packed.
-- Ansel Elgort -
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Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services!
-- Anthony Mackie -
I love travelling, and most scripts have been written while I have been travelling.
-- Anurag Kashyap -
When I was in New York, a lot of my friends were studying filmmaking and would bring their scripts to me, as I was a good script doctor. I would read their scripts and make corrections to them for $20 per script and was fascinated by films.
-- Arjun RampalSource : FaceBook post by Arjun Rampal from May 19, 2016
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Yeah, I mean I've definitely had a bunch of action scripts sent to me, but again I'm a stickler for directors. If it's like an action flick with a great director then it's like 'Oh let's look at this thing,' but if it's just like a shoot-em'-up with a first time director. I don't know if that's the trajectory I want to take with what I'm doing.
-- Armie HammerSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Howard Minsky had gotten the script to her agent prior to my involvement.
-- Arthur Hiller -
I've received some English-speaking scripts, but I was not interested in them.
-- Audrey Tautou -
I would love to occasionally do English-speaking films, but the script is as important for me as the director.
-- Audrey Tautou -
Film and television are just different. Film is cool because its a complete package. You know the beginning, middle, and end. You can plan it out more, which I like. But with television you get a new script every week, so its constantly a mystery as to what youre going to be doing.
-- Austin Butler -
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All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.
-- Ava DuVernay -
The beats are like scripts, and the raps are my monologue.
-- Azealia BanksSource : Interview with Matt Diehl, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 11, 2012.