Catherine Hardwicke Quotes

I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.

Usually, if you've got a great script, everything falls into place.

Films are a long process and the script is the first part.

The hardest single thing you do is get the bloody screenplay right.

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

Writing a script consumes so much of time.

Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

'The Full Monty' was my first feature script, and I wasn't that skilled at it.

I know firsthand how much work has usually gone into a screenplay, so if there's something that rings false or a line that I would think would need a tweak or something, I will think long and hard before I even recommend changing it. In that sense, I'm very faithful to the scripts that I get - if they're good scripts.

Good scripts are hard to find.

Writing film scripts is the hardest thing in the world. A script has to go to five or six drafts, and you need the feedback of other people and to keep coming back with a fresh eye, honing it down.

I always write the script by myself.

I haven't really tried to write a movie. It's tough to get into that mode.

Ensure that your script is watertight. If it's not on the page, it will never magically appear on the screen.

I want to make my own films from my own scripts based on stories I want to tell, but they take time to put together.

I had written a script called 'Freed,' which I had wanted to direct.

Somebody wrote a script around us, but Dustin Abraham came with the best one.

I have always thought if you are going to make a film, it's much better to have an original script that will play to film's strengths.

When I wrote 'Kidulthood,' I didn't even know there was going to be a 'Kidulthood.' I just wanted to test myself to see if I could write a script.

'Hardware' came about because I had written quite a few scripts and hadn't had any luck getting them made.

I wrote the screenplay for 'This Is Where I Leave You' - all 40 drafts of it.

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

We all write, but the script is a blueprint. We can lose whole scenes when we're shooting.

If you have a great script and great dialogue, you don't need to improvise.