Quotes by Scripts I tend to look for a great script. Virginia Madsen scriptslooks When I read a script, I am already in the movie with my music, and I can dive into a world that I haven't seen before. Volker Bertelmann scriptshavensworld I write my scripts short and they develop on the set, which I have found a far better premise both economically and practically. W. C. Fields scriptsfoundwriting Lot of the scripts I've been in with other non-white actors haven't been great. Lot of non-white actors ain't all that great. Wesley Snipes scriptsactorswhite I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite. William H. Macy tendenciesscripts Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy. William H. Macy shootingscriptsjoy I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have to take off the writer hat and let the director direct. William H. Macy hatsscriptsdirectors A writer is a performer as well. A writer isn't the literary department. That gets tried on but nothing's a script unless a good writer goes away and does his thing alone. William Monahan wellsscriptsdoe Some reviewer might be out there saying, obviously Edge of Darkness didn't come off because of the script, blah blah blah, but everybody has read the script, except the journalist attacking it. William Monahan scriptsdarknessmight I think that scripts should be published, but they are published, really, because when you're a screenwriter, your stuff ends up in samizdat form on thousands and thousands of desks and shelves across the industry. William Monahan scriptsstuffthinking In reviewing films, people get quite liberal about saying "the script" this and "the script" that, when they've never read the script any more than they've read the latest report on Norwegian herring landings. William Monahan scriptsfilmpeople Yeah, well I can't see a situation where I wouldn't at least re-write as a director something I was going to direct. At the moment, I wouldn't direct anything that I hadn't written. I can now say, as everybody else says, that it all depends on the script. William Monahan scriptswritingdirectors My study is a converted garage which is largely lined with bookshelves and cardboard boxes filled with manuscripts of my film scripts, plays and books. William Nicholson scriptsplaybook [Making movies is] 80% script and 20% getting great actors. There's nothing else to it. William Wyler scriptsactorsdirectors I'm an unashamed realist, and actually, I try to make whatever the script is the reality of that situation, even though it's fictional. Wolfgang Petersen scriptstryingreality Every film starts with the script. Wolfgang Petersen scriptsfilm Actually when I gave out the script, I gave it with a CD of all the music I wanted to put in the movie, and again, we never thought we'd get all that music. Zach Braff cdsscriptswanted I was originally casted to be in the Superman movie but I read the script and realized that it was mysteriously similar to my screenplay for Zach Braff the Movie. Zach Braff superman-moviescreenplaysscripts It just so happened that J.C.[Chandor] was a first-time feature director, and his script was exactly the kind of thing we were looking for. Zachary Quinto scriptsdirectorsfirsts When I read the script [of Good Kill], it read like a science fiction film. And Andrew [writer/director Andrew Niccol] is known for sci-fi. But when I spoke to him, he said this picture was 100% factual, which blew my mind. I realized then how little I knew about the drone program. And I felt that, if I knew so little about it, there must be others who should be educated about what's going on. Zoe Kravitz scriptsminddirectors«2829303132333435363738»
![[Making movies is] 80% script and 20% getting great actors. There... by William Wyler](https://whatsmyquote.com/images/quote-medium-quote-a525522190472770a91277d9b14c9a54.jpg)
