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I very rarely read a script that I don't feel I want to change a lot.

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

If I put the script down more than once, there's a good chance that I probably don't want to play the part.

I think actors always find the dialogue doesn't quite fit, so you always have to play with it.

My scripts are possibly too talkative. Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, 'Oh, for God's sake, shut up.'

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

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

I've rewritten a lot of the scripts I've done. 'Little Shop Of Horrors' was a complete rewrite, but I didn't touch the dialogue. Essentially, I'm a very good editor.

I wish in my own mind I were more definite - that I was absolutely convinced I'd never direct someone else's script, but I keep reading scripts, because I might find something.