Good Script Quotes

Normally, when I read a script, it takes me two and a half hours. I usually put it down and come back to it. So, I know if I can read a script in one sitting, it's a fantastic script.

If the script is not good, the film will not work.

Whether it's TV shows or the films that I've done, it's always a priority for me that the entire script should be good.

After 'Muriel's Wedding,' I first went to America, and I was sent all these scripts about fat girls overcoming hurdles. Something in me knew not to go down that road, even if it was a good script.

If it's a good part in a good movie, I'll do it.

Doing 'YHA' felt as if I was shooting for a film because it was a love story with a definite ending and good script.

After I read the story of 'Dangal' and before the film released, I called director Nitish Tiwari asking him if he had any good script. He told me to wait for some time. So we had three-four sittings, and this film, 'Chhichhore,' came to him. The film did not have superstars, but I felt that this is the script that needs to be told.

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.

When I meet a good actor, I would like to be a director. When I meet a good director, I would like to be an actor. When there is a good script, I would like to be both a director and an actor. The switch is very natural, not intentional.

A good script is like a work of art in itself. I've read hundreds of scripts, and good ones are very rare. If the writer has something to say, and a voice, and a plot that matches character, and an emotional trajectory that works, then I'd be an idiot to fool around with it. It's just that few scripts ever are like that.

You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script.

A good script and perfect casting, that's 90 percent of the work.

For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

Unlike Texas Rangers, we actors don't have a stop date, so I don't know about retiring. Sometimes I want to stop acting, but then you get a good script!

I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire.

My family believes in a good script and ultimately everything that is attached to it. I am more interested in a hit film than a good film.

You can make bad writing 'OK,' but... you really need to start with a good script and with characters that are three-dimensional and with great dialogue. It's a difficult lesson to learn because good writing is hard to come by, but it's definitely worth chasing.

Generally, if a good script comes in I read it, and if it appeals to me, it appeals to me. And it doesn't have to be anything - it doesn't have to be the main character, it doesn't have to be a huge part. It could be a nice cameo - anything that I think is good and surrounded by good, enthusiastic people.

It's possible for me to make a bad movie out of a good script, but I can't make a good movie from a bad script.

A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie.

As far as I know, if you take your time, write a good script and make a good film, then give the audience time, they will accept it.

I am open to any good script and the character I can do justice to.

When you start out as an actor, you read a script thinking of it at its best. But that's not usually the case in general, and usually what you have to do is you have to read a script and think of it at its worst. You read it going, "OK, how bad could this be?" first and foremost. You cannot make a good film out of a bad script. You can make a bad film out of a good script, but you can't make a good film out of a bad script.

If the script is good, the cast and director good, I'll go anywhere.

If making movies was easier, there'd be a lot more good movies. So you kind of learn that if it's just a good script, or if it's just a good producer, that's not always enough. You need an entire team of creative people coming together.