Noel Clarke Quotes

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

I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.

Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task.

I don't have a stack of scripts.

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

By the time I wrote 'Any Given Sunday' or 'Bats,' I sort of knew what my job was in terms of what a writer of dialogue does.

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

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

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

Writing a screenplay is an act of faith. First, that it's interesting enough that anyone would want to make it. Secondly, that anybody would want to watch it, let alone enjoy it.

When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.

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

I love writing letters. In order to write a novel in first person, I think I needed an addressee.

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

I think the script is the key. Regardless of how great everybody else is working on a film, if you're working on a script that you don't think is great, you're not gonna be able to make a great film. Whereas if the script is great, then you can.

If you get a script and it's really well written, that's always exciting.

The few times I've tried to write original screenplays, it's a difficult process because I just don't feel like I know the characters the way I know them after the year or two it takes to write a novel.

Good scripts are hard to find.

When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. That's what writing a screenplay is.

I always write the script by myself.

Good scripts and interesting stories are hard enough to find.

I consider my job as a screenwriter to pack a script with possibilities and ideas - to create a feast for the filmmaker to pick from.

The script for 'Thirteen' is tight, and not because of the now-famous six day writing spree, but more because it started out as 15 pages longer.

I sat down to take a break from writing a book and wrote a spec feature that would end up being the movie 'Lies & Alibis' with Steve Coogan.

My preference is for good writing. It doesn't matter if it's for film or TV. Whatever. It starts with the writing. Even though I've had problems with writers, it doesn't matter how great of an actor you are. If the writing is bad, you're going to struggle.