Jitendra Kumar Quotes

I think that it's fun to get the script and open it like a Christmas present. That's 'Alcatraz' or anything that I'm working on. If the groundwork has been laid too much, the surprises aren't there.

Sometimes you just dread reading scripts; it's like the chef who doesn't want to cook at home.

When I get a script, it's the only time that I get to be an audience member with the first-time experience of that movie. That's the first and only time.

Every time I read a script, I see the movie in my head, and I try to see the best movie in my head because everybody interprets the movie differently.

I have been sent three or four scripts for television series, but there wasn't anything I really wanted to do. I want to tell a good story, whether it's a TV show, a movie, whatever. That's really my No. 1 criteria.

I'd read a lot of scripts, and I remember reading 'Orange Is the New Black,' and it was at the head of the pack. I remember thinking, 'Wow, that is really good. I would love to be a part of that.'

I do think the first time you read a script, that gut response is very important, and that probably plants a seed that continues to blossom throughout the whole experience.

But I loved the script to 7th Heaven and couldn't say no. It made me laugh and cry, and I was hooked. I'd love to know who turned it down, because I'm sure at least one other actor did. But I'm glad he did, whoever it was.

I get so many scripts a day but none of them inspires me. If I get a good inspiring script, then I will be most happy to make it into a film.

To try to create a character without a whole lot of information can be taxing. At the same time, it's fun to just stay on your toes and let the next bit of dialogue come in, and turn the page as you read the next script and see what they have in store for you next.

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

I am one of the new characters in the brand new series of 'Postman Pat.' It has been a joy to do.

'Ray Donovan' is such a revelation to everybody who's working on it, and it's only getting better.

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

Working with Bryan Cranston on 'Breaking Bad' has been totally thrilling because he is so clear in his approach.

I can't even read a script. I've tried and it's painful to watch.

My stories are pretty simplistic, but the characters are always complex and always right, and that comes from the script and my research and reverse-engineering what I find in the real world.

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.'

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

I was on 'The Shield' for a year before 'Crash' came out, and it was like doing an independent film every week.

I loved doing 'Homeland.' I loved playing Brody.

That first episode of 'Newsroom,' the way it just cooked, I thought it was really good.

When I create a TV show, it's so that I can write it. I'm not an empire builder; my writing staff is usually a combination of two kinds of people - experts in the world the show is set in, and young writers who will not be unhappy if they're not writing scripts.

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

I was approached by my agent, who said they were interested in me for 'Mr. Robot'. Then I binge-watched the show, and I was like, 'Uh, I would like this. Show me how I'm gonna fit in there, but yeah, I would love it.'