Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Quotes

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

I'm terrible at reading scripts. I love to read, and I hate reading scripts.

I'm a reader. I found out that, whether you're a studio head or a director, you must read your own material. You can't rely on readers.

I've received some English-speaking scripts, but I was not interested in them.

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

I ensure that I read the entire script of each project that comes my way. In fact, it is the script alone that evokes my interest in any film.

I get a lot of emails of scripts and pilots, and they want me to give feedback, and sometimes I can't because it's so many.

Hundreds of people who've never written before send in 'Dr. Who' scripts. They may have good ideas, but what they fail to realise is that writing for TV is incredibly complicated. They have no idea how difficult it is and what the financial commitment is.

Most scripts are bad. I read a lot of them.

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.

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.

I read every script from beginning to end, and I read every draft that I can. I like the show, I like the character, and I want to protect both of those things.

Obviously, if Woody Allen calls and says he wants you to read a script, of course you read it.

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.

Some people say that they read the first 20 pages, and then decide if they want to do the film or not. But, I have to read the entire thing 'cause anything can change in a script.

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.

If there's something really, really bothering me about a script, then I'll say something, but otherwise I find my answers in the script.

My dad's got a brilliant eye for scripts 'cos he's a literary agent. He and my agent read a load of scripts and filter them.

A lot of directors keep writers away because the writers know the script better than anybody, obviously they do, and they have certain intents. But a lot of people would be surprised to know that writers are pretty flexible when it comes to their work.

These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then work on a different one.

Usually when you get a script from actors, you don't have high expectations.

It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It's an instinctive process.

I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of an outsider in that regard. If I can maintain that approach to screenwriting, it can continue to be enjoyable.

I take time to write my script, if I have more scripts, I will make more movies.