The script is the coloring book that you're given, and your job is to figure out how to color it in. And also when and where to color outside the lines.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour.
In most scripts, one or two characters have a lot of colors.
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.
Scripts are very different to books. They are blueprints for building, not the building.
I had gone to the bookstore, and while I hadn't bought any books on how to write a screenplay, I'd bought a couple of scripts so I could see how the formatting works. I just needed to know how a Hollywood screenplay looked on the page, which was something I was totally unfamiliar with.
The script is always the main preparation for me. Sometimes you have a period piece where you have to research around it, but if the writers have done their homework well enough, the information is all in the script.
Place colors everything; It is the thing by which I find my way in my fiction.
You make a decision whether you just work on the script and believe in every moment and pick out every moment, or if you sit down and memorize lines. Once you really dig into a script, learning lines becomes almost second nature.
The script is just a blueprint.
A script can just be a blueprint, and you've got to go in and build it and color it in and paint it.