I don't care about names attached to the script. That doesn't matter to me. All things being equal, I would like to work with a good script with a good director, and the part I play is of less important than those two factors.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.
I always try to stick to the script because I want to respect the writers, and I want to respect the director. But if the director and my fellow actors are okay with me playing with it a little bit, then I definitely want to play with it.
I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.
I have tried to make decisions to work with great directors, with good scripts, and that makes the pickings real slim.
A director should cast a person who fits into their script.
It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time. So there are a lot of elements that come into play and a lot of variables, but more than anything it's got to be a great script and a great character.
If the script is good, the cast and director good, I'll go anywhere.
It's not about the script: it's about who the director is and who the other people in the cast are. Because you can look at a great script and execute it in a very sophomoric way, and you can look at an OK script, and you can execute it in a very sophisticated way and come out with something really good.
Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director.
The role and the script are not the only factor to chose or do a film, but the names associated with the project also matters.