Katee Sackhoff 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.

My dad reads the scripts and passes them on to me.

I can now tell from the envelope whether or not it is a good script.

For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading these five scripts.'

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.

When you start out as an actor, you read a script thinking of it at its best. But that's not usually the case in general, and usually what you have to do is you have to read a script and think of it at its worst. You read it going, "OK, how bad could this be?" first and foremost. You cannot make a good film out of a bad script. You can make a bad film out of a good script, but you can't make a good film out of a bad script.

When you pick up a script and you can't stop reading it because it's a real page-turner, that's a good sign.

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

You read a lot of pilots during pilot season, and not all of them really grab you.

A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie.

Normally, when I read a script, I read 30 pages, and then go have a cup of tea and come back. And then, I read 20 pages and go make a phone call, and then go back to it.

You read a million scripts during pilot season, and most of them are not very good, so the good ones really shine.

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

I get a trickling few scripts that I'm lucky enough that some of them are great. I don't get loads of scripts.

My easiest judgment for a script is 'do I want to keep reading it?'

I usually decide if I'm going to do a movie based on if I like the script or not. I thought 'Pulling Strings' had every single element that a classic romantic comedy needs to be a success. It's very well written. The cast was amazing. It was a decision I made based on the power of the script.

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

It so depends on each script, because you can say... I always thought I wouldn't have wanted to do something that was kind of like as big and commercial as 'The Dark is Rising,' but I really liked the script. I thought it was really clever.

At the same time, reading an action script... It makes me wonder. Was The Matrix a good script? I don't know.

Oftentimes you read scripts, and you get to one and you think, 'OK, is this good, or is this just better than all the other ones that I have been reading?'

Sometimes I read a really good script, and I just know that it's not a good fit.

I won't complain, but I don't want to just be doing action films and extended character transformations, you know? I want to explore, and I'm up for anything. Honestly, I just want to read a good script and fall in love.

I don't read that many books - I tend to read scripts for projects.

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