My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is rare that you read scripts that genuinely move you and make you feel that, regardless of the commercial possibilities, you have to make the film.
There's something about taking a film from concept to script, through production, and then to see the final thing happening in the edit phase. It's almost like a miracle in the making.
I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills.
I have always thought if you are going to make a film, it's much better to have an original script that will play to film's strengths.
I'm not accustomed to doing films without seeing the script.
It's never a script that makes me decide to accept a film or not.
It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.
Scripts don't get movies made.
I love TV, don't get me wrong. But with film, you're just banging out this one product and you're not waiting on another script. You have your script. It's great, in that way.
A film is different than a script. The text of the script is what it is.