Sigourney Weaver Quotes

The only thing that works is a good script!

For me, the script is important. If it excites me, I'll do the film.

A lot of times, the script is the thing they care about least.

Every time I get a script in my inbox, it's like a little Christmas present. It's so exciting to see what they've cooked up.

When you start a script you aim to hit a note you know you want to end in general.

It's not about Hollywood, it's always about a good script for me.

The script - and a good one - tells you everything that you need to know.

I'm sure great scripts are hard to find, but I'm definitely open, and waiting to see what comes my way.

At the end of the day you do have to write a short novel beforehand, called a script, before you can make a movie.

Scripts are kind of a bare bones type of reading material.

I'm a big believer that the script is your bible.

Scripts are what matter. If you get the foundations right and then you get the right ingredients on top, you stand a shot... but if you get those foundations wrong, then you absolutely don't stand a shot. It's very rare-almost never-that a good film gets made from a bad screenplay.

It makes a world of difference when you start with an amazing script.

Every film starts with the script.

I love a good cliffhanger. I love when big events happen in shows. I love shows that aren't afraid to take risks and to really do what's best for the story line and realistic for the story line.

I like films to be complete in their written form.

I started as a playwright. Any sort of scriptwriting you do helps you hone your story. You have the same demands of creating a plot, developing relatable characters and keeping your audience invested in your story. My books are basically structured like three-act plays.

There's got to be something you want to tell and that's the engine which spurs all of the work you have to do in order to create the story, but you have to love some sort of nugget of what you're telling to be a filmmaker.

There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.

If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative.

Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.

One of the reasons I started working at 'South Park,' actually, was that I wanted to learn how to structure things and how to tell a story.

It's a real challenge to complete a story arc and end up with a cool punchline in 120 characters.

You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script.

As long as your storytelling and emotional depth are intact, that's what people will focus on.