In the '90s there were these great end of the world movies like 'Armageddon' and 'Deep Impact'... I always liked the idea of what people on the ground are doing, not so much the people who are trying to stop the world from ending. Lorene Scafaria More Quotes by Lorene Scafaria More Quotes From Lorene Scafaria We didn't miss it. This is it. C'mon. You wanna go home? Lorene Scafaria missing home life I've been obsessed with doomsday for a long time - the idea that different cultures respond to it differently, and religions will change people's outlook on it. Lorene Scafaria long people ideas I'm from Jersey, so I have a love of T.G.I. Friday's and chain restaurants in general. When you go to a Friday's, it seems like everyone's on ecstasy and way too happy anyway. Lorene Scafaria jersey friday way Actors want to work. Give them characters they want to play, or a story they want to tell, and hopefully the budget will follow. Lorene Scafaria play giving character I think when you take forever off the table, it does something really interesting to what you think is important. Lorene Scafaria forever interesting thinking I liked to think I had written 'scripts' when I was in high school, but looking back at them, they were about thirty pages of wannabe-Mamet dialogue with a staple through them. Lorene Scafaria pages school thinking What do they call it, Y.O.L.A., you only live once? I think people are sort of gravitating towards that. Lorene Scafaria you-only-live-once people thinking Make the movie your way. Surround yourself with people who know more than you. Lorene Scafaria surround-yourself people way The best thing you can give me is your time. The easiest way to get me angry is to waste my time. Lorene Scafaria waste giving way Routine is part of coping. Lorene Scafaria routine coping No texting. What happens then? Good old-fashioned letters. Lorene Scafaria texting old-fashioned letters Allow yourself to feel things. Admit when you're wrong. Lorene Scafaria feels No I don't really write thinking about specific actors because it can get in the way a little bit. Lorene Scafaria actors writing thinking It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you have to let it go. Lorene Scafaria let-it-go vision directors I'm a person that thinks time is very precious and our only commodity... It's so upsetting when I feel like something has wasted my time. Lorene Scafaria commodity upset thinking Don't compromise when you're right. Lorene Scafaria compromise I think, as a woman, you do sort of have to work twice as hard, but I don't feel as if I wasn't given opportunities. Lorene Scafaria given opportunity thinking I escaped to New York, and then L.A., but when I dream of home, I still dream of my old house in Holmdel. Lorene Scafaria new-york dream home For me, modern technology has ruined romance and movies - nobody can run to the airplane gate anymore. Lorene Scafaria airplane technology running There's this part of Judaism that I like. Tikun Alum. It said that the world is broken into pieces and everyone has to find it. Lorene Scafaria pieces broken world
