Script Quality Quotes

I read the script for Wonder Boys, and I said that was almost perfect, it was so classy, cool and funny. It's a really specific thing. We stuck to it, it turned out good and a lot of people liked it.

I read a lot of script. In my opinion, most of them aren't good or aren't about people.

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.

I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script.

Hmm, limelight... No, I'm not Sienna Miller or Angelina Jolie. I'm very lucky and happy, but I still find it very difficult to get good scripts and good roles. It's really a jungle out there.

Acting is very competitive. There are few good scripts out there and the ones that are good are very competitive. You look at your options and often times they're not too appealing.

I usually decide if I'm going to do a movie based on if I like the script or not. I thought 'Pulling Strings' had every single element that a classic romantic comedy needs to be a success. It's very well written. The cast was amazing. It was a decision I made based on the power of the script.

The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.

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.

If it's a drama or comedy, it doesn't matter to me. I just want to like the writing.

I will do films in any of the languages, provided the script is good. The region and the language don't matter.

You can have a great script, or a great director and a bad script, and get a great movie. Nothing really guarantees anything.

I don't mind getting involved in a risky project as long as I don't have to stay married to it if the script turns out lousy.

Sometimes the writing can be so good that the actor doesn't really have to do anything.

You can have an amazing director and terrible script, and the film's not going to be great. But if you have the most incredible script and an okay director, you could still get a really good film.

My easiest judgment for a script is 'do I want to keep reading it?'

When you're a comedian, and you show up on set to a job where you're not writing, and you get handed material that's as good as we do on 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' you just feel lucky every day.

You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great writing, and mediocre actors will make it feel mediocre. Without the actors, you have nothing.

It's hard to find scripts that know what they are from page one to page 115.

I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend - leading roles for women were few and far between.

I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a 'career builder.' I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with 'Caprica,' the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw.

The writing is so great on TV now; it's such a pleasure to watch.

There is no sense in doing a wonderful script with somebody who can't direct because that is a disaster.

How can you turn down Marks and Gran? Their scripts are so rich in texture.