Script Choice Quotes

Doing a film and saying, I've done a really dark film and now I have to do a comedy... That's not me. If a script comes along and it's dark I'll absolutely do it and take the consequences. I'm not fussed about the image that goes along with it.

If I get an interesting script, I will surely do it. I just don't want to do cliche films.

There are so many scripts and they are fantastic. I think I would like to do something different, maybe something smaller.

I don't make a conscious effort to choose any particular genre. If I like the script, I go ahead with the project.

If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.

If I have to choose between a Bollywood film and Pakistan film, it may sound cliched, but I will go with the script first. And if both the scripts are equally good, then I will choose a Pakistan film.

My parameter of judging a script has not changed over the years. I still go for a script where the story interests me. Yes, there are times where I might go wrong; say, out of five scripts, I might go wrong on one.

I don't really have a specific formula I follow to find the right script or role. It's always just very instinctive.

I'm lucky enough that financially I don't have to feel obliged to go for the bigger stuff. I like the stories and scripts to dictate if I want to do them.

Almost every script that I've gotten has been for sort of the generic Hollywood type. I haven't chosen them. All the ones I have chosen are because I've been fascinated with the source material or because of the script.

I just take every script as it comes along and take it from there.

For most actors, it is the script that chooses them and not the other way around.

To get a script like 'Death Proof' and to get cast in it just affirmed that I want to do character work; that's where my heart is. Maybe I will get to it again, maybe I won't, but it's what I like to do is play something a little outside of myself. This solidified the desire certainly for me.

I just choose the scripts I want to work on. I don't know why. It's not something conscious or that I'm doing on purpose.

If I could pick any story idea or script I had that I wanted everything to go exactly right for, it would probably be 'Pacific Rim.'

I always pick what I consider to be good scripts.

When I choose the scripts, all I look forward to is an impressive narration.

Ideally, really ideally, you want to get to a place where you can have creative control over the material you do - choices, at least, anyway. And you want your choice of script and role. But do you really want your life to revolve around trying to maintain your privacy?

I'm not yet fortunate enough to take only the scripts that capture my fancy, but each one has to be a new experience, to put me in a light that audiences haven't necessarily seen me before.

I don't choose scripts with the intent to get an award.

I choose films based on scripts.

After 'Brothers & Sisters' ended, I was back to the old game as an actor. Doing pilot season, choosing a script and figuring out what I wanted to do.

At this point, I'm happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I'm passionate about.

You try to pick good stories, and that's pretty much all the control you have as an actor.

When I choose a script, I ensure that I get to contribute to the film in some way and, in turn, grow as an actor in the process.