Jeff Baena Quotes

As a director, you want to work with great writers.

I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television.

I just want to work on good scripts.

When television gets in trouble is when it forgets that it all begins with the written word.

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

I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.

I'd love to work on a script in collaboration.

If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't going to be the ones that end up on screen.

I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

I want to get off with the screenwriting.

Good scripts are hard to find.

Writing film scripts is the hardest thing in the world. A script has to go to five or six drafts, and you need the feedback of other people and to keep coming back with a fresh eye, honing it down.

If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking actors to do. Learning other skills will help you communicate with people and respect what they do.

I wrote the screenplay for 'This Is Where I Leave You' - all 40 drafts of it.

We all write, but the script is a blueprint. We can lose whole scenes when we're shooting.

'The Full Monty' was my first feature script, and I wasn't that skilled at it.

In the movies, the writer is just the servant, the employee.

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

Sometimes I work in my office, just reading material, meeting writers, working on scripts. Other times, I'm on location. There's a lot of variety.

I've never written anything that I haven't wanted to write again. I want to, and still am, writing 'A Few Good Men' again. I didn't know what I was doing then, and I'm still trying to get it right. I would write 'The Social Network' again if they would let me, I'd write 'Moneyball' again. I would write 'The West Wing' again.

I like scripts. I spend a lot of time writing them.

First hand on 'Go Goa Gone' I learnt how to write on final drafts, how the process works.

I want to create content for TV and films.

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

We all have great faith in the writing team that puts together 'Heroes.'