Peter Dinklage Quotes

It's very difficult to find good scripts in Hollywood any more.

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

So, no, I'm not trying to crack into Hollywood, although I'll make films there if they're good scripts.

It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like a Charlie Kaufman script.

I moved to L.A. to write and direct. I had no intentions of being in front of the camera.

I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.

I don't get that many scripts. Back in Australia, I've pretty much done my own shows and really no work outside of that. It's only now that I'm starting to read some Hollywood film scripts, and I've read some really great ones.

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

Film-makers are greedy people - we want good stories and good subjects.

I love the process of filmmaking. I understood that you have to be a writer in order to be a director.

My approach to making movies is different than other people, because I just write a lot of screenplays. I'm constantly writing screenplays.

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

A great screenplay is the most powerful bait in Hollywood.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

I started acting when I was really young. I knew I wanted to be in the industry in other ways. I knew that I wanted to do more than just act. I don't know that I knew it was screenwriting, but I just knew that I wanted to be involved.

I think every American kid grows up dreaming about being in the movies. That's completely normal for us. But I mostly wanted to be a writer, and I got taught the scriptwriting program.

I love TV, don't get me wrong. But with film, you're just banging out this one product, and you're not waiting on another script. You have your script. It's great in that way. It's as close to theater as you can get.

Anyone who has an imagination can write a book - it's cheap to do - but movies are big money.

All the films I do, I write the scripts, I direct.

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

Everybody is always trying to make the best movie they can. It's a process.

It's true, I'm the youngest, highest-grossing French director. I have a few records, but no one knows or simply doesn't care. That's good, because I like that. Ultimately, I want to keep working, making a lot of movies, and get better at it. It's about finding great scripts and bringing them to life.

I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film.

I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood.

I've never written a movie, I'm not in the movie business. I go out to L.A. and I'm like everyone else wandering around in a daze hoping I see movie stars. I write the novels that the movies are based on, and that feels like enough of a job for me.