I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.Quote by Dennis Farina about character
I don't look at scripts in terms of commerciality. I just look at the part, the people involved.Quote by Linda Fiorentino about nation, people
If I'm not afraid when I'm reading a script, that means I know I've done it before. If I read something and think, Wow, I can't play this part, then I want to play it more.Quote by Linda Fiorentino
If I've still got my pants on in the second scene, I think they've sent me the wrong script.Quote by Mel Gibson about bad
I'll do Bridget Jones 2 if it's a good script. I won't be doing the Colin Firth bit though - they'll probably drop that.Quote by Colin Firth about good, good luck
It was three years after I'd finished the script for Gregory's Girl that I got to make it, but I prefer That Sinking Feeling as a film.Quote by Bill Forsyth about film
So you have to keep waiting and then they give you the script and it's terrible. Then you have to go to the rewrite and they're very upset because you didn't like it. I went through that for seven years.Quote by Salma Hayek
When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, It's in the script. If he says, But what's my motivation?, I say, Your salary.Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, motivation, salary, character, actors
Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.Quote by Anthony Hopkins about irony, time
I'm most suspicious of scripts that have a lot of stage direction at the top of the page... sunrise over the desert and masses of... a whole essay before you get to the dialogue.Quote by Anthony Hopkins about film
I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.Quote by Anjelica Huston about film
I allowed the scriptwriter to come to my parties for research and it's a good thing he did otherwise I don't think Personal Services would've been so good.Quote by Cynthia Payne about research, good, good luck, things
There are a lot of visual marks that have to be hit, and lines that need to be said in a right way so there wasn't really any improvisation on the set when it came to the bulk of the script.Quote by Simon Pegg about need, rightness
I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to the artist.Quote by Harvey Pekar about fashion, word, artists, thinking
I said, I don't care if he wants me to walk through the film and exit. I just want to be in his presence. Fortunately it was an amazing script.Quote by Elizabeth Pena about film
When I was going over the script I thought, I'm not too old to play Carmen, which is the normal role I'd be cast in. When I was offered Leticia, I thought, I can't do that.Quote by Elizabeth Pena about thinking, old, olderness
Even the busboys at the restaurants have a script to give you, everybody is in the business.Quote by Robin Wright Penn about affair
What happens is things come to you director, script - and if you respond to it, it's because it's tapping into some part of what's inside you, and different roles tap into different parts.Quote by Sean Penn about things