Chris Cooper Quotes

I read part of it all the way through.

I practice reading all the time. I read everything and having so many scripts to read, which really helps out as well.

Every script has things that would draw me away or draw me towards it. But I just try and choose as wisely as possible - when I get to choose.

I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.

I've received some English-speaking scripts, but I was not interested in them.

I do finish reading a script and say, Why are they making it and what are they talking about? I like to try and be responsible in my choices in that way.

My parameter of judging a script has not changed over the years. I still go for a script where the story interests me. Yes, there are times where I might go wrong; say, out of five scripts, I might go wrong on one.

When it comes to scripts, I take a critical look at them and then sound it off with Dad.

I am very instinctive. When I read a script, I think, 'Is this something I would want to watch?'

We must get all the facts on the table, and then determine where we go.

I look for scripts that give me a gut feeling that this is going to work.

You know what never gets schemed or what never gets stymied? Going through your reads and completing balls.

Passion provides purpose, but data drives decisions.

The game is about making the right decisions.

I ensure that I read the entire script of each project that comes my way. In fact, it is the script alone that evokes my interest in any film.

You read a script, and you know if you need to do it.

I'm very picky when saying yes to a script. I take a very long time to decide myself because I spend a lot of time with this and so to take parts where I think I can take something from my life as well. It must be interesting for me.

For me it's a very organic process. I read the script/hear a narration and pretty much know instantly if it's something I want to be a part of or not. It's really as simple as that.

The approach I take in selecting a script is based on what I fancy from the the scripts I'm offered.

I get a lot of emails of scripts and pilots, and they want me to give feedback, and sometimes I can't because it's so many.

I've learned to use big words. Because I'm an avid reader, I can prove myself as a smart and diligent person.

My choice of script is governed by two factors - either I've to like the people associated with the project or the storyline should be interesting. I focus more on the vibe and the type of energy I get from them.

A lot of people have an opinion on scripts, but they aren't equipped to diagnose what the problems are. You realize that scriptwriting is such a specialist subject, but because it's so common, everyone thinks that they can talk about that. I think it's something that writers only know, that they can see.

Good readers make much out of little.

Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the author was thinking; how to take evidence from a page, not seek a reality to substitute for it.