Theresa Rebeck Quotes

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

Be it films or shows or plays, it's the content that matters the most.

With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don't realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie.

My passion is doing movies, and as long as I keep doing that, I'll be happy. I want to do movies, fun roles and dramatic ones. I love all of it.

In TV we've used something that I love... it's called process. I love process.

I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions.

I'm very focused on 'Dexter' right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can.

Well, there's no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie.

A good script and perfect casting, that's 90 percent of the work.

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.

My plan B has always been to make a film about people who talk a lot.

I think you can achieve things in television that you can't achieve on film, and I think we managed to do a lot of that in the first season of 'Lost.'

High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry.

I always thought the writing process for movies and TV shows was just a blueprint. The making of it was the thing.

TV is like a school. It is easy to shoot for a film. In movies, you have a definite start and end. You know your character is there for a particular period.

These days, you don't need a song or glamour to make your film work. It is all about a good story.

Pooja Bhatt is a very good director.

It is a conscious choice to go for content-driven scripts because that is the key for any film to work. There are no two ways about it, and I have always been attracted to great content.

Writing is the life blood of everything in Hollywood. Without writers, there are no scripts, no acting work.

I would love to do a film of the heartland.

For me, storytelling is the most interesting part of movie making.

When we think about a great movie, I mean, what do we think about? We think about story, we think about character. And when the visual effects aren't perfect, we forgive it.

It seems to me the big weakness in most films is the writing. You can learn directing, but you can't learn writing.