Jason Blum Quotes

Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of bad stuff out there. You just continue reading scripts, and eventually you find something you connect with.

It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.

I read a lot of scripts, and there's a lot of good writing and a lot of OK writing and a lot of crappy writing. And even with the really good writing, it doesn't necessarily speak to me.

For all the hundreds of scripts that are out there, there's not that many that are amazing.

There aren't enough good scripts.

I read a lot of scripts, so I know by page 25 if I like it or not.

I think a good script is a rare thing, and I think no matter who you are you have to fight for the good ones.

You can tell if you're going to be into a script within the first five or ten pages - if I'm not completely engaged by page 20, I just have to give up on it.

It's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working.

When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script.

If the script grabs me and appeals to me, I'm really very keen to work on it.

I read a lot of script. In my opinion, most of them aren't good or aren't about people.

If you are still thinking about a script after five or ten years, that's a sign that it's good - not that it's stale. And the opposite is true - if everyone wants to make your movie, that's a sign that it probably sucks.

Good scripts have always been, I think, hard to find. Good storytelling, good writing - it's just not easy. I have made it a point that - if I'm going to put the energy into doing this work - I will wait until I find something I'm really happy with.

Whenever I hear the narration for a new film, I have this process back home where my mother reads all my scripts.

I just want to work on good scripts.

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 you get scripts and you really enjoy reading them, you know it's a good project.

I accept offers only when people approach me with a good script, and all those experiences have been great.

I started out working as a script editor and storyliner.

I think that whenever there's a good script we try to make that happen, but it's all based off of a good story, a good script, but I don't believe you should do it just because it's African-American.

I get a script and it's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working.

When you first read a script is the purest moment. That's when you can understand how an audience will ultimately receive it. The first reading of the script is so important because you're experiencing it all for the first time, and it's then that you really know if it's going to work or not.

Good scripts are hard to find.

My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'