Script Quotes

I don't really get into a big intellectual analysis of why I am going to do a certain script or not.
Clint Eastwood

Why, Big, Analysis

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'
Alfred Hitchcock

Character, Motivation, Actor

I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'
David Duchovny

Love, Good, Down

Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
Carl Sandburg

Poetry, Made, Why

To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.
Quentin Tarantino

Music, Movies, Writing

I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers.
Steve Martin

Funny, Thought, Comedy

I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea.
Steve Martin

Writing, Hard, Fire

It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about.
Steven Spielberg

Family, Away, Worth

If 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.
George Burns

Good, Bad, Enough

I can't remember what my first script was.
Tom Stoppard

The fun stuff comes when someone is not so strict on sticking to the script. You're allowed the spontaneity, and great moments can happen.
Jennifer Aniston

Great, Fun, Someone

I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face.
Tim Burton

Good, Face, Bit

Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.
Anthony Hopkins

Time, Try, Acting

I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.
Michael Caine

Work, Money, Waiting

If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script.
Martin Scorsese

While, Story, Within

I would consider doing any part as long as the script is good and the film has an interesting director.
Daniel Radcliffe

Good, Long, Film

You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.
Daniel Radcliffe

Different, Stuff, Director

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.
Michael Caine

Writing, Write, Comedy

The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie actor will say. 'How can I change me to suit the script?'
Michael Caine

Change, Between, Actor

I'm so touched that complete strangers will send me a script asking me to be in their film. That still amazes me - and sometimes for a lot of money too.
Liam Neeson

Money, Sometimes, Film

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Hope, Successful, Movie

I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten.
Francis Ford Coppola

Done, Another, American

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.
David Mamet

Good, Able, Film

And of course to work with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, and work with a wonderful, beautiful script directed by Nancy Meyers, it was really for me a dream come true.
Keanu Reeves

Work, Beautiful, True

What I do is just go over and over and over my lines and learn the script so well that I can just be easy and relaxed. That's the way I always work.
Anthony Hopkins

Work, Learn, Easy

My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it.
Morgan Freeman

Acting, Read, Approach

It can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget movies have no perks, but what is the driving force, of course, is the script, and your part in it.
Morgan Freeman

Movies, Small, Big

A director should cast a person who fits into their script.
Christina Ricci

Person, Director, Cast

I had written the script for Juno and apparently Steven Spielberg had read it. I can't just call him Steven, that's weird... Mr. Spielberg had read it and he liked it. He asked me if I would write this television show for him and I said, 'Yeah!'
Diablo Cody

Him, Said, Write

I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.
Ralph Fiennes

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Related Definition

Script Definition

Pliny the Elder

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us