Good Script Quotes

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.

I can now tell from the envelope whether or not it is a good script.

When I was in New York, a lot of my friends were studying filmmaking and would bring their scripts to me, as I was a good script doctor. I would read their scripts and make corrections to them for $20 per script and was fascinated by films.

I think a good script is a rare thing, and I think no matter who you are you have to fight for the good ones.

My priority is the script. Get me a good script, and I will sign the movie. I think I should leave the casting up to the experts!

We thought we’d write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get.

Very often, as an actress, there’s some kind of stereotype, but with any good script, you should be able to swap the genders of all the characters, and it shouldn’t make a huge difference.

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.

‘ABCD – AnyBody Can Dance’ and ‘ABCD 2’ has succeeded not merely because of dance, but mainly because of its good script. Viewers have loved the story, and that’s why my movies have done well at the box office.

‘Gujarat 11’ has a good script; it is a full package of entertainment, comedy, emotions and has a message for the audience.

Comedy is one genre that I really want to come my way because I was loved for my funny character in ‘Khiladi 786.’ So, if approached with a good script and good songs, I will certainly take it up.

I always prefer a good script, be it a movie or drama script.

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.

I love TV, and I love a good script.

I’m a filmmaker; I want to make films. I don’t want to sit in a hotel room waiting to make films, and I can control my thing in Denmark; I can make the film I want to make… of course, I have to write a good script, all that, but if I do my job, it will happen.

I guess people feel that if you’re working with good directors and are known in the Hindi film industry, then you won’t work in South films. However, I believe that films have no boundaries of language, religion, or cast. If it’s a good script and a good director, I can do a film in Spanish as well.

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.

I need a producer who will look for a good script. I need a director whose purpose to make a film is not for his survival but because he loves making films.

With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it’s going to translate easily.

When you first start out as an actor, you’re just looking for a good part. As time goes on, if you’re being held responsible for the movies themselves, you’re looking for a good script all around.

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.

I was waiting for a good show on Amazon and ‘Paatal Lok’ had all of it – good script, story, and cast. It joined all the dots beautifully.

I don’t know about others, but I want to work in India, America, Iran, Europe, and Russia – everywhere. I am a sucker for good script; I’ll go wherever it’ll take me.

What is a good script without a good director or a good director without a good actor?

Well, there’s no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie.

I like doing Marathi films. I am not too keen on Hindi TV shows. It’s very tough to get Hindi films, but if a good script and role comes up in future, I will surely pick it up.

You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They’re not that frequent; you’ll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you’re lucky.

As soon as a good script comes my way, I waste no time in signing a project.

I am not choosy and would work in any film with a good script.

When you get a good script, and the director gives you proper lines, half your job is done.

It is important to be financially savvy when you turn producer. As a director, you just need to have a good script in hand.

If it’s a good script I’ll do it. And if it’s a bad script, and they pay me enough, I’ll do it.

I wouldn’t know a good script if it bit me in the face.

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!

Although I am a Telugu girl, I never felt that my debut in Telugu was delayed. I always wanted to be part of a good script, and I am pleased that ‘Goodachari’ hit the right notes.

It’s hard for me to find a script that’s perfectly suited to me, so even if it’s a good script, I’ll still have to work on it with someone and shape it, making it the film that I want to make. So in that respect, I prefer to do the stuff that I’ve generated anyway.

To find a good script is very important, because the chances and opportunities I would be getting will be very far and few.

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

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.

I think that whenever there’s a good script we try to make that happen, but it’s all based off of a good story, a good script, but I don’t believe you should do it just because it’s African-American.