I'm sticking to the script, I'm putting that organic feeling back in the game. Votes: 2
Kendrick LamarMine is studying script and being very academic and trying to be important. Votes: 0
Christoph WaltzUsually when you get a script from actors, you don't have high expectations. Votes: 0
Patrick WhitesellThere's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off. Votes: 0
Mariska HargitayI'm always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play. Votes: 0
Walter KoenigInspired music arises from an inspired movie which arises from an inspired script. Votes: 0
Hans ZimmerUniversal rushed us. We started shooting without a script that was totally completed. Votes: 0
John Landis[Making movies is] 80% script and 20% getting great actors. There's nothing else to it. Votes: 0
William WylerAs a character, you're working within the realm of what's on the [script] page. Votes: 0
Harry Connick, Jr.What is your Primary Aim? Where is the script to make your dreams come true? Votes: 0
Michael GerberPoetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. Votes: 0
Carl SandburgI'd never read a piece of television where it's an hour script and it's perfect. Votes: 0
James Purefoy'Sabotage' was a work for hire. It wasn't my original idea or script or anything. Votes: 0
David AyerYou can't get a movie made without a script; it's the blueprint to your building. Votes: 0
Bruce CampbellThe truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances. Votes: 0
George CukorGreat writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing. Votes: 0
Andy GarciaI read a script and I know immediately whether that role is for me or not. Votes: 0
Jennifer CoolidgeI can't stand innuendo. If I see one in a script I whip it out immediately. Votes: 0
Kenneth WilliamsThe work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script. Votes: 0
David MametI like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script. Votes: 0
Steven SoderberghI really think that reading a whole script is kind of prying and neurotic, don't you? Votes: 0
Tom BakerI've always sensed what a script should sound like - even before the movie's been made Votes: 0
David PuttnamHuman consciousness is too obscure a mystery to itself for us to script our own lives. Votes: 0
Robert JensonUsually, I read the script very often. I think that everything is hiding in the script. Votes: 0
Audrey TautouI do remember reading the script of 'The Nightmare Fair' and looking forward to doing it. Votes: 0
Colin BakerThis script was just so much smarter than usual and I'm just fascinated by human behavior. Votes: 0
Angelina JolieWell if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing. Votes: 0
Talib Kweli'Looper' was a wonderful script. Rian Johnson is the real deal and a really talented filmmaker. Votes: 0
Paul DanoWith some writers, the script looks beautiful on the page, but nobody actually speaks like that. Votes: 0
Neve McIntoshI'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story. Votes: 0
Viggo MortensenTo make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script. Votes: 0
Alfred HitchcockThe script comes first. If that isn't good enough, you know it's gonna be a long ride. Votes: 0
Ted McGinleyIt's always the script that's going to lure me. And I don't really care about the part. Votes: 0
Sigourney WeaverSometimes if a script is based on a book, that's what you should do: represent the book. Votes: 0
Jennifer LawrenceWe had a script reading, and that's where we met J.K. Rowling, which was really exciting. Votes: 0
Rupert GrintCity of Bohane' has been optioned for film, and I've finished a first draft of the script. Votes: 0
Kevin BarryOnce a script is released that doesn't mean it's the final product. It's not set in stone. Votes: 0
Nathalie EmmanuelI like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script. Votes: 0
Saoirse RonanEven the busboys at the restaurants have a script to give you. Everybody is in the business. Votes: 0
Robin WrightEverything is a rejection of you, not your product, or your script, or a cosmetic. It's you. Votes: 0
Morgan BrittanyI'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines. Votes: 0
Patricia ClarksonBut once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script. Votes: 0
Dick Van DykeI was concerned about doing a sequel and repeating myself. That was before I read the script. Votes: 0
JoBeth WilliamsReally, I'm a neurotic perfectionist. Every single word in the script is the one that I want. Votes: 0
Alejandro Gonzalez InarrituMy eyes trail from his hand to the tattoo written in small script across his forearm. Hopeless Votes: 0
Colleen HooverI've always felt that in a comedy script the stage directions should also have a comedic value. Votes: 0
Bruce RobinsonThe better the script, the less money there is. That's just the economics of the studio system. Votes: 0
Peter HedgesThe script is a bible and it's this unchangeable document that somebody spent years and years on. Votes: 0
Alison PillI love this script [The Hollars] because I'm lucky enough to come from a really tightknit family. Votes: 0
John KrasinskiWhen I read the script it was extraordinary and to work with Yorgos [Lanthimos] again was amazing. Votes: 0
Colin FarrellEvery screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script. Votes: 0
Joseph L. MankiewiczThe key is, if youre not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes pretty well. Votes: 0
Steven SoderberghIf it was a great script and a great character, I would love to do a romantic comedy. Votes: 0
Andy SerkisNobody goes to a movie and watches the script. There is a lot of other stuff going on. Votes: 0
Ben AffleckWith 'Brick,' I wrote the script when I was 23 and didn't make the movie until I was 30. Votes: 0
Rian JohnsonEven as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script. Votes: 0
Jake GyllenhaalIf the story's interesting and it's a compelling script, I'd be thrilled to be a part of it. Votes: 0
Andre BraugherPromoting a stock is like making a movie. You've got to have stars, props, and a good script. Votes: 0
Robert FriedlandOften in television, you read a script and you're amazed that you get the scene given to you. Votes: 0
James WolkThe offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script. Votes: 0
Max von SydowWhen you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script. Votes: 0
Robert Downey, Jr.The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't. Votes: 0
Joseph L. MankiewiczWe thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get. Votes: 0
Andy WachowskiFor writers that rehearsal period is death. It is the most destructive thing of all to a script. Votes: 0
Peter StoneIt's very, very rare in this business [moviemaking] where a script lands on your lap ready to go. Votes: 0
Leonardo DiCaprioOften jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. You go, 'Well, I have to do that. Votes: 0
Toby JonesI think it's incumbent on actresses to bring something else to the part which isn't in the script. Votes: 0
Natascha McElhoneYou call this a script? Give me a couple of 5,000-dollar-a-week writers and I will write it myself. Votes: 0
Joe PasternakI don't like scripts leaking. On the other hand, the more real attention a script gets, the better. Votes: 0
William MonahanWhen you start a script you aim to hit a note you know you want to end in general. Votes: 0
Alex KurtzmanThe thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up. Votes: 0
Amanda PeetWhen I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part. Votes: 0
Eric McCormackWhen I get a new script my mom will read them and just be aghast. I think it's hysterical. Votes: 0
Alia ShawkatThe only time you actually are a spectator of your own work is the day you read the script. Votes: 0
Antonio BanderasWe gotta flip the script on what a gangsta is - if you ain't a gardener, you ain't gangsta. Votes: 0
Ron FinleyMore often than not, if you've got a good director and a good script you can't really go wrong. Votes: 0
Douglas BoothI stick to the script, I memorize the lines, cause life is movie that I've seen too many times. Votes: 0
Lil WayneThere's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance. Votes: 0
Tony ScottI've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon Votes: 0
Tom BerengerOften jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. You go, 'Well, I have to do that.' Votes: 0
Toby JonesI've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon. Votes: 0
Tom BerengerI would guess that the price of the script really is secondary. The credit is much more the essence. Votes: 0
Rod SerlingA lot of shows are more script-driven, like a prose script. As an actor, you never see a storyboard. Votes: 0
Tom KennyYou tend to get a script and you push it toward being the kind of film you want to make. Votes: 0
Peter WebberOnce you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set. Votes: 0
Ewan McGregorWriting a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task. Votes: 0
Michael ArndtOf course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story. Votes: 0
Aaron StanfordDon't send me your script if you want me to play the black best friend. I just won't do that. Votes: 0
David Oyelowoyou will have a ready script - and asked by it to act directly.writer is the moment,the time. Votes: 0
lity munshiI actually had a chance to be in Delta Farce, but I couldn't do it because I read the script. Votes: 0
Jeff FoxworthyMost actors go, I read the script and fell in love with it; I fall in love with the directors. Votes: 0
Sam WorthingtonI would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director. Votes: 0
Bette DavisSometimes we'll only get one script in a year that we want to make that we feel is good enough. Votes: 0
Jerry BruckheimerIf the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. Votes: 0
Olivia ColmanI think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one. Votes: 0
Jay RoachEvery time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script. Votes: 0
Anthony HopkinsAs hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur. Votes: 0
Carlton CuseI never say never, but I haven't been given the quality of script to compel me to go on television. Votes: 0
Nicolas CageI haven't heard anything about a reunion show for Sisters. But if the script was good I would do it. Votes: 0
Sela WardI start casting early in the writing process, so I can tailor the script to the gifts of the actors. Votes: 0
Judd ApatowI suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense. Votes: 0
Jack NicholsonI have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite. Votes: 0
William H. MacyWhat we need, is a break out. Out of our lives, out of Seattle, out of the dumb script of girl. Votes: 0
Lidia YuknavitchI always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor. Votes: 0
Steve BuscemiA good script and a good brief from the director is enough to let me know what is expected of me. Votes: 0
Sanjay DuttThe script is what you`ve dreamed up-this is what it should be. The film is what you end up with. Votes: 0
George LucasResearch is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people. Votes: 0
Tony ScottI love an acting challenge, and I love getting to sit down with my script and do all my drama work. Votes: 0
Kelly McCrearyFor the most part I pick movies based on the merit of the script, and the merit of the script only. Votes: 0
Amber HeardWith a film, you have to pare down and take stuff out and squish it all down into a 110 page script. Votes: 0
Melissa RosenbergI don't really get into a big intellectual analysis of why I am going to do a certain script or not. Votes: 0
Clint EastwoodIt's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know. Votes: 0
Viggo MortensenI like to hold a book. When someone sends me a script, I ask for a hard copy or print one out. Votes: 0
Mario CantoneYou can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script. Votes: 0
Curtis HansonIf it's a good script I'll do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it. Votes: 0
George BurnsIf I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment. Votes: 0
Francis ChanSo it was just funny to read a script that was just similar to what had been going on in my life. Votes: 0
Piper PeraboDave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his mind?' Votes: 0
Marla GibbsWhen I got the script for Memento, I read it and I got killed off on page one and I fired my agent. Votes: 0
Joe PantolianoI was out to have a good time and have some fun. It's a fun script and fun people are in the movie. Votes: 0
Harvey KeitelIt's possible for me to make a bad movie out of a good script, but I can't make a good movie from a bad script. Votes: 2 George Clooney