Tim Bevan Quotes

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

I enjoy writing scripts. I can find out what happens. With an outline, I feel like I'm doing an architectural diagram of something.

The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything.

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

When you have great scripts, everything is very easy and fun.

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

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

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

I don't really have a drive toward being a director at all. Not that I wouldn't rule it out, but I just don't think my instincts lie necessarily in a very visual way. But I am very interested in storytelling, narrative and character development, so writing is something that I absolutely want to do.

No matter what strategies you make, if you don't get the right script, everything is going to go down.

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.

[Noah Hawley] just a fantastic writer. It's always about the script, it's always about the book; it always is. If it ain't on the page, it ain't on the stage. That's what attracted me to him first and foremost.

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

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.

Every film starts with the script.

In a good script, it's really like a treasure map. You just focus on that, all the answers are pretty much in it.

I structure the scripts and work on them on films and work on scenes with writers and but I haven't written a script myself, I really respect what they do and I'm fortunate I get to work with people that I really enjoy working with and we all kind of spitball and work together on these things, but I haven't written a script yet.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

When I sit down to write, I don't think, 'OK, what is the next David O. Russell film I can write, or what is Harvey Weinstein going to want to buy?' Or even, 'What are filmgoers going to want.' I try to think, tell a good story. Just do what you do.

I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I love writing dialogue.

Film and television are just different. Film is cool because it's a complete package. You know the beginning, middle, and end. You can plan it out more, which I like. But with television you get a new script every week, so it's constantly a mystery as to what you're going to be doing.

Great writing makes great television.

I had been contemplating working on fiction show for some time and 'Humsafars' seemed like the perfect choice.

It always comes down to script and characters.