I like to look on the bright side: Every day I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive. Scott Frank More Quotes by Scott Frank More Quotes From Scott Frank I usually write very few stage directions. I think a lot of that is a waste of time. The art of screenwriting is in its terseness, saying a lot with a little. I have no patience when I read a script where the writer describes this guy and what he's wearing and his glasses and his hair. Scott Frank writing art thinking I'm not the writer who says, "You have to say it exactly as I wrote it," because you don't get good work. You want somebody who's going to bring something interesting to it and really create a character with you. You see that with certain actors. Scott Frank actors character interesting Early on, when I wrote 'Little Man Tate,' I got pigeonholed. Somebody said to me, 'You're not very dark,' and I had trouble getting certain kinds of jobs... and I learned very early that I didn't want to get pigeonholed as anything. And my next script was 'Dead Again.' Scott Frank me you man dark Thrillers have become all about technology and using technology. That seemed, to me, not so interesting. Scott Frank become me technology interesting For me, I really like the human drama embedded in a crime story, and I like the way European films do that. Scott Frank story me crime way I really care more about the human drama than I do the thriller stuff. Scott Frank human more care drama
