Henry Mancini Quotes

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

When I was 23, I went to work for Jack Nicholson reading scripts. Later, I was married to a production designer named Richard Sylbert. So I lived in Los Angeles for ten years.

For sure, without question, the writing is better on TV pound for pound than movies because the businesses have changed so much. So all the great writers would rather work for TV, and they do.

I've written pilots. I wrote a movie.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

There are no real guidelines or maps in Australia as to how to write a show, whereas in Hollywood it's where the TV industry is created and there's a lot of work that goes into development.

It's very difficult to find good scripts in Hollywood any more.

I've been so involved with TV shows, I've been unavailable for films, which is my dream.

It's rare to have even half-meaningful conversations in the film industry.

The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.

I wrote 'Mud' for Matthew McConaughey and had never met him.

I learned that getting a movie made in Hollywood is a near impossibility, and the process can be a wild adventure. TV is a lot more consistently productive - no offense to the beautiful world of feature film.

In Hollywood, they create banks of scripts, whether they are used or not.

I've always wanted to do a movie, and I really feel the urge to do it.I'm in Hollywood - I have no business not being in the movie industry.

I remember saying to my agent, "Listen, everybody's going out to Hollywood and making movies. I think I ought to go out there." And his advice to me was, "I wouldn't do that if I were you. If they want you in Hollywood, they'll send you." And sure enough, they did.

I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.

I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

I'm not saying I'm a writer, but I've been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.

I think there's a lot of interesting stuff on TV. I feel much more optimistic about TV than I do about movies. There will always be good movies but I think, for the most part, it's always going to be a huge fight to get those movies made. TV is the best place to be as a writer, I think.

I think every American kid grows up dreaming about being in the movies. That's completely normal for us. But I mostly wanted to be a writer, and I got taught the scriptwriting program.

I grew up right near Hollywood, and I wanted to be a filmmaker.

I started off writing kind of big summer, blockbustery kinds of movies, but at that time, I had no name, nobody knew who I was, and somebody told me I can't write movies that are going to cost $100 million to make and expect someone to buy them; it was just impractical.

Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be.

Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.

I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film.